A thirteen-year-old boy in the 1881 census appears in the Oswestry workhouse at Morda, while his siblings were placed elsewhere. His story, and a visit to Llanfyllin, reveal how close this history really is.
A thirteen-year-old boy in the 1881 census appears in the Oswestry workhouse at Morda, while his siblings were placed elsewhere. His story, and a visit to Llanfyllin, reveal how close this history really is.
With November 11th approaching and the anniversary of the Gresford disaster just passed, I would like to remember and pay respects to three of my ancestors who were all born in the late 1800s. Arthur Parry, my dad’s uncle, was born in 1889, the son of George and Mary. He grew up in Bronington with […]
In late December 1915 two farm labourers in their early twenties from Bronington walked seven miles to Broughall near Whitchurch to enlist in the Welsh Horse Regiment. One was my Great Uncle Arthur who was born in Bronington in 1889. He was the 10th child of a family of 12 born to George and Mary […]
