Wrexham
Wrexham ( Welsh: Wrecsam ) is a university town and a Principal Area with the status of a county borough in north-east Wales, close to the border with the English county of Cheshire. The core city Wrexham has a population of about 43,000 inhabitants, making it the largest city in the north of Wales. The Wrexham County Borough has a total population of 134,800 inhabitants ( 2011). Wrexham is the seat of Glyndŵr University.
- 2.1 City
- 3.1 Art
- 3.2 Music
- 3.3 Media
- 3.4 confessions
History
Prehistoric times to the Roman conquest of Britain
In prehistoric times already found a place first settlement in the area around Wrexham. Settlement remains from the time of ancient Rome were found during the construction of the Plas Coch retail park outside the city center.
Middle Ages
Wrexham is not mentioned in the Domesday Book; the first written assignment is to be found in 1161, when there was a Norman Motte in Wristlesham. The fact that she east of Offa 's Dyke was a settlement in the Anglo-Saxon period is likely.
The city was the creation of the county of Denbighshire in 1536 part of it. The city itself was divided into two citizenships ( townships ): Wrexham Regis ( which was controlled by the crown) and Wrexham Abbot ( the older parts of the city, which originally belonged to Valle Crucis Abbey near Llangollen ).
During the English Civil War, Wrexham hit on the side of the Cavaliers ( Royalists ). The majority of the Welsh aristocracy supported the king, although the landowner Sir Thomas Myddelton, Lord of Chirk Castle, the Parliament supported. Wrexham was at this time the most important city in the area and became known for his markets considerable length of prosperity.
19-20. century
Wrexham was in former times one of the most industrialized area in Wales. One of the most important industries was brewed with many larger breweries in the city and some of the smaller breweries in the restaurants and bars throughout the city. Some of the famous old breweries were Albion, Cambrian, Eagle, Iceland Green, Soames and Willow. The most famous, however, was the brewery Wrexham warehouse, built 1881-1882 at the Central Road. This brewery was the first in the UK, produced the stock. Another major producer, Border Breweries, originated in 1931 from a merger of many smaller breweries. Today, all breweries, as far as they are operated commercially, shut down.
In Abenbury, on the outskirts of Wrexham, bricks were produced. The brickyard was located on both sides of Abenbury Road.
Although the conveyance of coal was an important industry in the fields and promised for a variety of residents work, most of the mines were far out of town. These mines are now closed sämtlichst.
As a legacy of the industrial past Wrexhams the large and intricate railway network was preserved. The majority of this network was part of the Wrexham and Minera Branch, who operated the steel mills of the Brymbo Steel Mill and Mineral limeworks. The railway network but was already in the 1960s (including the Minera Branch in the early 1970s ) abandoned. Wrexham experienced since that time economic decline: the last steelworks closed after the brickworks and coal mines had been closed in the 1980s.
Current
Since the 1980s and 1990s, the state is attempting with the Welsh Development Agency (WDA ), an agency for the promotion of structurally weak areas in Wales to improve the situation Wrexhams: the highway A483 runs past Wrexham and connects the city with the centers of Chester and Shrewsbury, which in turn are connected to the cities of Manchester and Liverpool. With massive economic development and restore the ecological environment, which had been suffering caused by coal mining, a lot of money has been invested. Larger retail chains settled in Wrexham. Meanwhile, the Wrexham Industrial Estate has managed to settle in the area also global companies such as Kellogg's, Duracell and Pirelli to Wrexham. Some other factories produce for the brands or Brother Sharp.
After the economic crisis Wrexham has subsequently experienced a renewed economic upturn.
In June 2003 riots rocked the city, with a lot of incendiary bombs had been thrown at a home for asylum seekers.
In November 2012 Brother Britain's very last typewriter in Wrexham has produced.
City
Wrexham is today the largest settlement in the north of Wales and has applied several times around the city status. In the Golden Jubilee year of Queen Elizabeth II in 2002, the city competed with the cities of Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Newtown, Newport and St Asaph. Finally Newport Wrexham was preferred, using population Newport is three times as high as the Wrexhams. The Wrexham County Borough is one of the smallest of its kind in North Wales. Although the area should be enlarged several times, other cities such as Llangollen have rejected this. There are rivalries between cities, especially with Chester.
Culture
Art
Wrexham hosted the ( national) Eisteddfod ( Welsh cultural festival ) in 1888, 1912, 1933 and 1977. Unofficial National Eisteddfod was a 1876 instead. Wrexham has a theater, the Grove Park Theatre.
Music
The local music scene is focused on The Old Swan and the larger Central Station. The Old Swan is at the end of Abbott Street in the center of Wrexham.
Media
The Wrexham Mail is a free newspaper. There is also the Wrexham Evening Leader, and the weekly magazine Wrexham Leader, which is also called "Big Leader". Two local radio stations, Marcher Sound and Classic Gold Marcher, send in the city. BBC Wales, ITV Wales and S4C have correspondents and offices in the city.
Confessions
The church of St Giles is the most important church in Wrexham and impresses with its colorful painted ceiling depicting numerous flying musical angels. A window was designed by the artist Edward Burne -Jones. In the cemetery there is the grave of Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in the United States. According to him the Yale College Wrexham is named. The tower of St Giles is one of the Seven Wonders of Wales. The tower of Yale University will be emulated him. The Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our caring mistress located in Regent Street. It is the diocesan bishop of the Church of Wrexham, whose diocese is based here and extends across the whole of northern Wales (see Diocese of Wrexham ). The diocese is part of the Archdiocese of Cardiff. The most important church of the Methodists is located in Brynyffynon on Regent Street. Until the 1970s, the Free Church churches and chapels were far better attended than the Anglican churches.
Named after Saint Mark Church towered St Giles, but had to be demolished because of the fragile foundations eventually. In their place, after all, a car park (called " St Mark's " ) shall be established.
Policy
Wrexham is a stronghold of the Labour Party.
Twin towns / circuits
The Wrexham County Borough is a partner of the circle Märkischen circle ( NRW).
Notable people
- Jack Mary Ann, a folk hero who lived in the territory of the Top Boat Houses of Broughton
- Lydia Griffiths, singer and actress
- Bruce Grobelaar, football player ( goalkeeper) at Liverpool
- George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, called ' The Hanging Judge ' of Acton Hall
- Brian McGuinness ( * 1927), philosopher
- John Godfrey Parry -Thomas, engineer and racing driver
- Leon Pownall, Canadian actor
- Daniel Powter, Canadian Pop
- Neil Roberts, Football Player
- Robbie Savage, football players at Derby County and the Welsh national team
- Andy Scott, guitarist of British rock group The Sweet
- Bill Westwood, Bishop of Peterborough
- Eric Whitley, singer
- Llyr Williams, Pianist
- Elihu Yale, businessman and benefactor of Yale University