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Moss Valley, Wrexham history

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Thomas Telford

In 1796, a feeder reservoir lake was constructed in the Valley for an extension of the Ellesmere Canal. The canal would have eventually served as an extension from Trevor Basin. This plan was abandoned in 1798. Remnants of the canal are still visible in nearby Gwersyllt, and a street in the village is named Heol Camlas.

Collieries

The Moss Valley was home to the Westminster Colliery in its northern end, and Gatewen Colliery at the southern end. The colliery’s railways were linked to neighbouring Great Western Railway lines. This originally was the Wheatsheaf Branch which ran through the valley, then up a worked incline up Gwersyllt Hill. The line then continued through the other side of the valley through the 400 ft Brymbo Tunnel.

Recent history

In the early 1970s, the area was reclaimed as a country park by creating two lakes, a children’s playground, public amenities, a golf club and facilities for fishing. The area suffered decline by vandalism through the 1990s, but was heavily regenerated in the early 2000s. The original playground was demolished and replaced with a more modern facility.

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Borras Park Borras Park (Welsh: Parc Borras / Parc Bwras) is an electoral division in the community of Acton in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The name is derived from the nearby area of Borras. At the time of the 2001 Census, the population was 2,517 in 1,065 household, reducing to 2,359 at the 2011 Census.

Brymbo Hall Brymbo Hall is one of Britain’s lost houses. It was the residence of industrialist and ironmaster John “Iron-Mad” Wilkinson. It is reputed to have been partly built to the designs of Inigo Jones.

Wrexham-Rhos transmitting station The Wrexham-Rhos transmitting station is a digital television relay of Moel-y-Parc. It is a free-standing lattice tower structure serving around 85,000 homes. It was constructed to coincide with the 1977 National Eisteddfod. It initially provided S4C and BBC One Wales, later joined by HTV Wales in 1997.

Rhosddu Rhosddu (Welsh pronunciation) is a local government community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. At the 2011 Census, the population of the community was 6,840 and 11.8% of people aged 3+ spoke Welsh.

Wrexham General railway station Wrexham General is the main railway station in north-east Wales. The station was first opened in 1846 and expanded in 1912. It is currently operated by Transport for Wales, but services are also provided by Avanti West Coast.

Wrexham County Borough Wrexham County Borough is a principal area with county borough status in the preserved county of Clwyd, Wales. The county borough was formed on 1 April 1996 and has a population of nearly 135,000 inhabitants. The area has strong links with coal-mining and has only two urban towns, Chirk and Holt.

Llwyn Isaf Llwyn Isaf (“lower grove”) is a green space in the centre of Wrexham. It is surrounded on two sides by the town’s guildhall and on another by the Library Arts Centre. The space is most popular with students from Yale College.

Gresford Colliery Gresford Colliery was a coal mine located a mile from the North Wales village of Greffford, near Wrexham. The mine was a one-mile-long mine located near the village of Gresford.

A. N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives A.N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives holds archives for the town of Wrexham. The centre is named after local historian Alfred Neobard Palmer.

Wrexham Town Centre Wrexham Town Centre is the largest shopping area in north and mid Wales. It is enclosed by the inner ring road of the town. Many of its streets are pedestrianised.

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