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19th century engraving of Wrexham. The city of Wrexham in north-east Wales has a history dating back to ancient times. The former market town was the site of heavy industry in the 19th and 20th centuries, and is now an active commercial centre. Wrexham was granted city status in 2022.
Wrexham (/ ˈ r ɛ k s əm / REK-səm; Welsh: Wrecsam) [citation needed] is a city [a] and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales.It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England.
The Town Hall (Welsh: Neuadd y Dref), historically the Shire Hall, was a municipal building in Wrexham, Wales. It was located on Town Hill in the city centre. A building on the site can be traced to the 16th century, with the then Shire hall building serving as a court house. In 1713, the building was rebuilt, while it stopped providing court ...
Wrexham County Borough Museum (or simply Wrexham Museum) is a local history museum in Wrexham, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is located within County Buildings, alongside the Wrexham Archives. The building is located on Regent Street, in the city centre.
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 ...
Wrexham County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) is a county borough, with city status, [3] in the north-east of Wales.It borders the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire and Shropshire to the east and south-east respectively along the England–Wales border, Powys to the south-west, Denbighshire to the west and Flintshire to the north-west.
On 27 June, 2023, the club announced that 10 players had signed semi-professional contracts, a first in club history. ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ is out on 13 September on Disney+ Show comments
From 1833 to 1900, the population grew from 5,500 to 15,000. The town was incorporated in September 1857, establishing the Borough of Wrexham. The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway reached the town in the 1840s, followed by the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway in 1866 and Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway in 1895. New purpose built markets were ...