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The Maelor is an area of north-east Wales along the border with England. It is now entirely part of Wrexham County Borough. The name Maelor is an old Welsh word: it can be translated as "land of the prince", from mael ("prince") and llawr.
Wrexham County Borough is a county borough, with city status, in the north-east of Wales. It borders the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire and Shropshire to the east and south-east respectively, Powys to the south-west, Denbighshire to the west and Flintshire to the north-west. The city of Wrexham is the administrative centre. The county borough is part of the preserved county of Clwyd.
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The A528 is a road that runs from Marchwiel, near Wrexham, in North Wales (53.0225°N 2.9597°W), to Shrewsbury, Shropshire, in England (52.7128°N 2.7512°W). On the way it passes through Ellesmere and Coton Hill. The road follows an old route that was Turnpiked in the 18th century.
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Erddig Hall is a Grade-I listed National Trust property near Wrexham, North Wales. Standing 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city centre, it comprises a country house built, during the 17th and 18th centuries, amidst a 1,900-acre (770 ha) estate, which includes a 1,200-acre (490 ha) landscaped pleasure park and the earthworks of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle.
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The Rofft was a historic site at Marford in the Wrexham County Borough. It was initially a pre-historic camp, and later a motte and bailey castle. There are no visible remains of the site today.
Horsley Hall was a Jacobethan-style house with formal gardens, near to Gresford, Wrexham County Borough, that was destroyed in 1963.
Gallfaenan Hall, also known as Alltvaynan, is a Grade II listed building near to Trefnant and Henllan in Denbighshire, Wales.
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- ↑ "Gallfaenan MSS". Denbighshire Record Office. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ↑ "Historic Marchwiel Hall on the market for £2.5m". BBC Wales. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "Alfred David McAlpine". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
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