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Wynnstay is a country house within an important landscaped park 1.3 km (0.75 miles) south-east of Ruabon, near Wrexham, Wales. Wynnstay, previously Watstay, is a famous estate and the family seat of the Williams-Wynn baronets. The house was sold in 1948 and is under private ownership as of 2000. Wynnstay, 1793
The name of the village is derived from that of the old Llanerchrugog estate, once one of the landholdings of Cynwrig ap Rhiwallon, Lord of Maelor Gymraeg. [7] The name Llanerchrugog is usually stated to be based on Welsh llannerch (clearing" or "glade), and (with soft mutation), grugog (heathery), although an etymology based on crugog (hilly or rough) has also been suggested. [8]
The Wynnstay Arms is a hotel and public house in Ruabon, Wales.The Grade II listed building dates from the 18th-century and was a coaching inn.Meetings of the Football Association of Wales were held in the hotel in the 19th century shortly after the organisation was founded in the Wynnstay Arms Hotel, Wrexham.
Lindisfarne College was a private school or independent schoolIt was founded in 1891 in Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex, England.In 1940 Lindisfarne College moved from Westcliff to nearby Creeksea Place, but during the Second World War the building was requisitioned by the military and the school transferred to Newburgh Priory at Coxwold in Yorkshire.
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The Ormrod family have owned Pen-y-Lan Hall since the nineteenth century, and to this day sits in a 1,000-acre (400 ha) estate. [2] On the edge of the estate James Ormrod built All Saints church in 1889. The dark red sandstone was quarried from his land near the River Dee and the wood furnishings were made from oak felled on the estate.
Further south are Ruabon Mountain and Eglwyseg Mountain. In the west the moors reach their greatest height at Cyrn-y-Brain, 565 metres (1,854 ft) above sea level. [1] To the north and north-east, the moors are bounded by Minera Limeworks and the Clywedog valley. In the east they slope down to the villages of Rhosllannerchrugog and Ruabon. There ...
Parry remained with the Williams-Wynn family until his death on 7 October 1782 at Ruabon. [3] He was buried at Ruabon Parish Church on 10 October 1782. John Parry's son, William Parry (1742–1791), was an accomplished artist. Many of his works, including portraits of his father, are held by the National Museum in Cardiff.