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  2. Bodelwyddan Castle - Wikipedia

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    Bodelwyddan Castle (Welsh: Castell Bodelwyddan), close to the village of Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl, Denbighshire in Wales, was built around 1460 by the Humphreys family of Anglesey as a manor house. It was associated with the Williams-Wynn family for around 200 years from 1690.

  3. Bodelwyddan - Wikipedia

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    Bodelwyddan Castle and the Faenol Fawr are two of the oldest buildings. Notable buildings include the Marble Church, built by John Gibson in the 1850s; Bodelwyddan Castle, now used as a branch of the National Portrait Gallery; and Glan Clwyd Hospital, the major hospital for central North Wales.

  4. Marble Church, Bodelwyddan - Wikipedia

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    The church was erected by Lady Margaret Willoughby de Broke (daughter of Sir John Williams of nearby Bodelwyddan Castle) in memory of her husband, Henry Peyto-Verney, 16th Baron Willoughby de Broke. She laid the foundation stone on 24 July 1856 and the new church designed by John Gibson was consecrated by the Bishop of St Asaph on 23 August ...

  5. Williams-Wynn baronets - Wikipedia

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    Bodelwyddan Castle – Williams-Wynn family seat from c.1880 to 1925. Sir Herbert, 7th Baronet, succeeded to the baronetcy in 1885 on the death of his uncle He inherited Bodelwyddan Castle from an heirless cousin in 1880 and made it the family's principal seat, refurbishing the castle in the 1880s.

  6. John Hay-Williams - Wikipedia

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    Sir John Hay Williams, 2nd Baronet (9 January 1794 – 10 September 1859) was a descendant of Sir William Williams, who built Bodelwyddan Castle.. He was born at Bodelwyddan, the son of Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet and took by royal licence on 12 May 1842 the name of Hay before that of Williams.

  7. List of castles in Wales - Wikipedia

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    The castle of Laugharne was built by the Anglo-Normans in the early twelfth century and is probably mentioned in 1116, but the existing ruins are thirteenth century and later. [27] Llandovery Castle: 11th century Llandovery Castle is a motte and bailey castle first mentioned in 1113.

  8. List of public art in Denbighshire - Wikipedia

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    Parish Church of St Margaret, Bodelwyddan: 1919: W. Mansley & Son, monumental sculptors Cross on pedestal: Red sandstone [2] [3] Obelisk Bodelwyddan Castle: Obelisk: Stone: Medieval knight Bodelwyddan Castle: c. 1840: Statue in niche: Stone

  9. John Gibson (architect) - Wikipedia

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    He also designed Dobroyd Castle in Todmorden and Todmorden Unitarian Church. Gibson is responsible for several churches in and around North Wales, but perhaps his most notable church is St Margaret's in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, more popularly known as the Marble Church, Bodelwyddan, consecrated in 1860.