Chirk Castle (Welsh: Castell y Waun) is a Grade I listed castle located in Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Chirk railway station...
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literarally "The Moor". Chirk Castle, a National Trust property, is a medieval castle. Two families are associated with the town and its castle: the Trevor family...
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Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Chirk (c.1256 – 3 August 1326) was a 14th-century Marcher lord, notable for his opposition to Edward II of England...
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Thomas Myddelton (younger) (redirect from Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle)
Sir Thomas Myddelton (1586–1666) of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, was an English-born Welsh landowner, politician, and military officer. He became a Member...
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Common Craignant Chirk Castle Llangollen Canal Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (World Heritage Site) over the River Dee Trevor Llangollen Castle Eglwyseg Crags Llandegla...
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as their formation. Chirk's early teams were formed mainly from employees from both Chirk Castle and Black Park Colliery. Chirk played friendly fixtures...
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Wrexham County Borough (section Castles)
Moors uplands. Wrexham includes the remains of two significant medieval castles: Chirk, which is now a country house, and Holt, of which only fragments remain...
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For several generations, the family were governors of Denbigh Castle and owned Chirk Castle well into the 20th century. Richard Myddelton (by 1509–1577/78)...
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Imogen appeared on the S4C Planed Plant ghost hunting show Ofn, filmed at Chirk Castle alongside fellow Big Brother contestant Glyn Wise. She also portrayed...
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property ownership.. Retrieved 4 March 2016 National Trust web page for Chirk Castle. See also interactive maps of NT property ownership.. Retrieved 4 March...
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Mrs Myddelton, Chirk Castle The Artist's Studio, c. 1716, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery The Battle of Belgrade, Chirk Castle The Battle of Glenshiel...
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his main residences were Seaford House in Belgrave Square, London, and Chirk Castle in Wales; he was also involved in the Second Boer War as part with the...
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Chirk War Memorial is a war memorial in the Welsh town of Chirk, now in Wrexham County Borough (until 1974, Chirk was in the historic county of Denbighshire...
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Garderobe (category Castle architecture)
Garderobe is a historic term for a room in a medieval castle. The Oxford English Dictionary gives as its first meaning a store-room for valuables, but...
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Further excavations by Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust on the Dyke at Chirk Castle found well-preserved remains of the ditch under later parkland; radiocarbon...
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Robert Myddleton (1678–1733), of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1733. Myddleton...
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served under Lord Lieutenant Robert Myddelton Biddulph, the proprietor of Chirk Castle Levi Yale (1792–1872), abolitionist, postmaster, justice of the peace...
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in trade. He divided his time between London and Wales, and purchased Chirk Castle in 1595 for £5,000. He was a member of the Grocers' Company, a Member...
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Cilcochwyn farm above the village of Pontfadog, in the Ceiriog Valley west of Chirk in the county borough of Wrexham, Wales, until it was blown over in the...
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Forest, from the Horseshoe Pass south to Llangollen, and the Chirk estate surrounding Chirk Castle. Wooded lowlands are vastly present, near the village of...
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Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2023. "Chirk Castle - Llangollen". Parks & Gardens. Retrieved 30 January 2024. Cadw. "Chirk Castle (PGW(C)63(WRE))". National Historic...
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"Criccieth Castle". cadw.gov.wales. "Powis Castle and Garden". nationaltrust.org.uk. "Chirk castle". nationaltrust.org.uk. "Is Wales the castle capital of...
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List of GWR 4073 Class locomotives (redirect from Tenby Castle (locomotive))
Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950. Five of these were converted to burn oil for a short period...
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border to Chirk Castle, home of former Parliamentarian commander Sir Thomas Myddelton. Myddelton joined Egerton and led the rebels from Chirk to Wrexham...
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Viaduct Central Arcade Chirk Aqueduct Chirk Viaduct Chirk War Memorial County Buildings Croesnewydd Hall Eagles Meadow Elephant and Castle Erddig Feathers Hotel...
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Viaduct Central Arcade Chirk Aqueduct Chirk Viaduct Chirk War Memorial County Buildings Croesnewydd Hall Eagles Meadow Elephant and Castle Erddig Feathers Hotel...
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National Archives. Retrieved 23 February 2024. Cadw (29 July 1998). ",1,Castle Road,Chirk,Wrexham,,LL14 5BS (Grade II) (20257)". National Historic Assets of...
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Viaduct Central Arcade Chirk Aqueduct Chirk Viaduct Chirk War Memorial County Buildings Croesnewydd Hall Eagles Meadow Elephant and Castle Erddig Feathers Hotel...
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granted to Roger Mortimer de Chirk, third son of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, who then built Chirk Castle from where the lordship was...
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in the English Civil War. On 2 November 1644, Sir Thomas Myddleton of Chirk Castle was marching on Machynlleth with a force of the Parliamentarian army...
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