John Batchelor (Politician)
John Batchelor (1820–1883) was a prominent Welsh Victorian businessman and politician, who earned the epithet "Friend of Freedom". Although born in Newport, Mon…
Wales
Welsh castles, abbeys, standing stones, piers and pit villages, with the people and stories behind them, from Tintern's ruins to the drowned village of Capel…
All Saints' Church, Gresford, Wales
All Saints' Church stands in the former coal mining village of Gresford in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The bells of the parish church of All Saints is one of…
St Giles' Church, Wrexham, Wales, UK
St Giles' Church is the parish church of Wrexham, Wales, and is a Grade 1 listed building, described by Simon Jenkins as "the glory of the Marches". At 180-feet…
Pistyll Rhaeadr, Wales, UK
Pistyll Rhaeadr ("spring of the waterfall") is a waterfall, located a few miles from the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant in Powys, Wales, twelve miles west o…
St Winefride's Well, Wales
St Winefride's Well (often spelt "Winifred's") is a holy well located in Holywell, in Flintshire in North Wales. It is the oldest continually visited pilgrimage…
Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Tintern Abbey was founded by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow, on May 9, 1131. Situated on the River Wye in Monmouthshire, it was only the second Cistercian fo…