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Marford

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Marford is a village in the county borough of Wrexham near the Wales-England border. [1]

51 relations: Alfred Neobard Palmer, Baptists, Beeston Castle, Cadw, Cheshire Plain, Chester, Chester Cathedral, Chester Chronicle, Chester Town Hall, Clwyd, Commote, Community (Wales), Cottage orné, Denbighshire, Dingy skipper, Domesday Book, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, Enclave and exclave, England–Wales border, English language, Flintshire, Ford (crossing), GENUKI, Gothic Revival architecture, Gresford, Horseshoe Pass, Horsley Hall, Gresford, Listed building, Manorialism, Mere (lake), Mersey Tunnels, Methodism, Nonconformist, North Wales Wildlife Trust, Peckforton Castle, Powys Fadog, Prees, Shropshire, River Alyn, Rossett, Silver-studded blue, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Thatching, The Rofft, Toll road, Township (England), Trevalyn Hall, Watermill, White-letter hairstreak, Wrexham (Assembly constituency), Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency), ..., Wrexham County Borough. Expand index (1 more) »

Alfred Neobard Palmer

Alfred Neobard Palmer (10 July 1847–7 March 1915) was a chemist and local historian.

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Baptists

Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).

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Beeston Castle

Beeston Castle is a former Royal castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England, perched on a rocky sandstone crag above the Cheshire Plain.

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Cadw

Cadw (a Welsh verbal noun meaning "keep/preserve") is the historic environment service of the Welsh Government and part of the Tourism and Culture group.

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Cheshire Plain

The Cheshire Plain is a relatively flat expanse of lowland almost entirely within the county of Cheshire in North West England.

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Chester

Chester (Caer) is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.

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Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester.

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Chester Chronicle

The Chester Chronicle is a British local weekly newspaper for the Chester and Cheshire area, first established in the 18th century.

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Chester Town Hall

Chester Town Hall is in Northgate Street in the centre of the city of Chester, Cheshire, England.

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Clwyd

Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country; it is named after the River Clwyd, which runs through the county.

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Commote

A commote (Welsh cwmwd, sometimes spelt in older documents as cymwd, plural cymydau, less frequently cymydoedd),Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (University of Wales Dictionary), p. 643 was a secular division of land in Medieval Wales.

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Community (Wales)

A community (cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales.

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Cottage orné

Cottage orné or decorated cottage, dates back to a movement of 'rustic' stylised cottages of the late 18th and early 19th century during the Romantic movement, when some sought to discover a more "natural" way of living as opposed to the formality of the preceding baroque and neo-classical architectural styles.

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Denbighshire

Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) is a county in north-east Wales, named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but with substantially different borders.

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Dingy skipper

The dingy skipper (Erynnis tages) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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Eaton Hall, Cheshire

Eaton Hall is the country house of the Duke of Westminster.

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Enclave and exclave

An enclave is a territory, or a part of a territory, that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state.

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England–Wales border

The England–Wales border, sometimes the Wales–England border or the Anglo-Welsh border, is the border between England and Wales, two constituent countries of the United Kingdom.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Flintshire

Flintshire (Sir y Fflint) is a principal area of Wales, known as a county.

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Ford (crossing)

A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading, or inside a vehicle getting its wheels wet.

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GENUKI

GENUKI is a genealogy web portal, run as a charitable trust.

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Gothic Revival architecture

Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England.

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Gresford

Gresford (Gresffordd) is a village and a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales.

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Horseshoe Pass

The Horseshoe Pass (Bwlch yr Oernant, "Pass of the Cold Stream") is a mountain pass in Denbighshire, north-east Wales.

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Horsley Hall, Gresford

Horsley Hall was a Jacobethan style house with formal gardens, near to Gresford, Wrexham County Borough, that was destroyed in 1963.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Manorialism

Manorialism was an essential element of feudal society.

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Mere (lake)

Mere in English refers to a lake that is broad in relation to its depth, e.g. Martin Mere.

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Mersey Tunnels

The Mersey Tunnels connect Liverpool with the Wirral Peninsula, under the River Mersey.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Nonconformist

In English church history, a nonconformist was a Protestant who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the established Church of England.

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North Wales Wildlife Trust

The North Wales Wildlife Trust (NWWT) (Welsh: Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gogledd Cymru) is the Wildlife Trust for North Wales.

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Peckforton Castle

Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle.

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Powys Fadog

Powys Fadog (English: Lower Powys or Madog's Powys) was the northern portion of the former princely realm of Powys, which split in two following the death of Madog ap Maredudd in 1160.

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Prees, Shropshire

Prees is a village and civil parish in north Shropshire, near the border between England and Wales.

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River Alyn

The River Alyn (Afon Alun) is a tributary of the River Dee.

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Rossett

Rossett (yr Orsedd, yr Orsedd Goch) is a village and a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales.

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Silver-studded blue

The silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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Thatching

Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes, heather, or palm fronds, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.

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The Rofft

The Rofft was a site situated at Marford in the Wrexham County Borough, that was initially a pre-historic camp, and later a motte and bailey castle.

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Toll road

A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage.

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Township (England)

In England, a township (Latin: villa) is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church.

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Trevalyn Hall

Trevalyn Hall in Rossett, a Grade II* listed building, is an Elizabethan manor houses near Wrexham in Wales.

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Watermill

A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower.

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White-letter hairstreak

The white-letter hairstreak (Satyrium w-album) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

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Wrexham (Assembly constituency)

Wrexham is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales.

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Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)

Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) is a parliamentary constituency centred on the scenic town of Wrexham in Wales created in 1918 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Ian Lucas of the Labour Party.

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Wrexham County Borough

Wrexham County Borough (Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) is a local government principal area centred on the town of Wrexham in northeast Wales.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marford

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