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In 1895, the Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway was completed [9] and cut a swathe through the city centre. In 1863 a volunteer fire brigade was founded. Wrexham benefited from good underground water supplies which were essential to the brewing of good beer and brewing became one of its main industries.
Wrexham University was formed when the North East Wales Institute (NEWI) was granted full university status in 2008. It consists of Plas Coch campus in the western part of the city and the North Wales School of Art and Design located on Regent Street. The institution was founded in 1887 as the Wrexham School of Science and Art.
Wrexham Association Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Wrecsam [4]) is a professional association football club based in Wrexham, Wales.Formed in 1864, [5] it is the oldest club in Wales and the third-oldest professional association football team in the world. [6]
The archives are held at County Buildings, on Regent Street, Wrexham, and run by Wrexham County Borough Council as part of its Wrexham Archives and Local Studies Service. [1] [2] The centre was initially named after local Wrexham historian Alfred Neobard Palmer. [3] The building is shared with Wrexham County Borough Museum and the archives ...
The Football Association of Wales was founded on 2 February 1876 at the Wynnstay Arms Hotel in Wrexham. [138] The first association football match in Wales is said to have been in or near Wrexham. [139] [140] Notable stadia in the county borough include the Racecourse Ground, the oldest in Wales; The Rock; and an athletics stadium at Queensway.
The Football Museum Wales project, backed by Wrexham County Borough Council and the Welsh Government, hopes to set up a national football museum gallery in the building alongside Wrexham Museum gallery, on the building's upper floor. [17] [18] [19] The new combined museum dedicated to both Wrexham and Welsh football is set to be opened by 2026 ...
Elliot Lee is the latest player to pass 100 appearances for Wrexham, having done so in April 2024. Wrexham Association Football Club is an association football club based in Wrexham , Wales. Founded in October 1864, it is the oldest football club in Wales and the third-oldest professional association football team in the world . [ 1 ]
Wrexham A.F.C., a professional association football club (founded 1864) Wrexham AFC Women, (formerly Wrexham Ladies, founded 2003) Wrexham County Borough Council, a local government body (founded 1996) Wrexham Lager Brewery, a beer company (founded 1881) Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway, a rail company (1862–1897)