Historic Wrexham Inns
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Inn |
Address |
Notes |
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ALBION |
Bridge Street |
John Williams (Pigot 1835) |
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ALEXANDRA |
Yorke Street |
James Davies (Slater 1880) |
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ANCHOR |
Abbot Street |
Renamed 1710. |
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ANCHOR |
Mount Street |
Demolished 1975 |
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BEAR |
Beast Market / |
Closed in the late 1700s |
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BEAR |
High Street |
Mr. Jones (Cowdroy 1789) |
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BEAR |
Yorke Street / |
??? |
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BELL |
Bridge Street |
Mr. Mayne (Cowdroy 1789) |
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BLACK BOY |
High Street |
Location uncertain |
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BLACK HORSE § |
Yorke Street |
John Davies (Pigot 1828/29) |
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BLACK HORSE |
Hope Street |
??? |
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BLACK LION |
Hope Street |
Mr. T Jones (Cowdroy 1789) |
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BLACK LION |
Town Hill |
??? |
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BLACK LION |
Yorke Street |
??? |
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BLOSSOMS HOTEL |
Charles Street |
Mr. Hughes (Cowdroy 1789) |
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BLUE BELL |
Town Hill |
Demolished 1890s |
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BLUE POSTS |
College Lane |
John Roberts (Pigot 1828/29) |
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BOWLING GREEN § |
Penybryn |
William Pulford (Pigot 1828/29) |
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BRIDGE HOUSE INN |
Salop Road / |
John Jones (Pigot 1828/29) |
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BRITANNIA |
Mount Street |
Sarah Jones (Pigot 1828/29) |
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BROWN COW |
Charles Street |
??? |
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BUCK |
Hope Street |
Mr. Giles (Cowdroy 1789) |
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BULL |
Abbot Street |
Thomas Roberts (Pigot 1835) |
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BULL'S HEAD |
Bridge Street |
Mr. Read (Cowdroy 1789) |
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BULL'S HEAD |
Farndon Street |
??? |
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BULL & DOGS |
Town Hill |
Closed c1755 |
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BUTCHER'S ARMS |
Abbot Street |
Thomas Samuel (Pigot 1835) |
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CAMBRIAN VAULTS |
Town Hill |
Edwin Pugh (Eyre 1878) |
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CANNON |
Abbot Street |
Morris Roberts (Pigot 1844) |
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CARNARVON CASTLE |
Bridge Street |
Ellen Evans (Pigot 1844) |
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CHERRY TREE |
Mount Street |
??? |
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COACH & HORSES |
Church Street |
16th century??? |
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COACH & HORSES |
High Street |
Mr. Rowland (Cowdroy 1789) |
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COCK |
Beast Market / |
Thomas Hall (Pigot 1828/29) |
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COLLIERS ARMS |
Priory Street |
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COMMERCIAL |
College Street |
William Davies (Pigot 1844) |
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CORN EXCHANGE |
High Street |
Thomas & Charles (Slater 1856) |
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CROSS FOXES ¶ |
Abbot Street |
Robert Jones (Pigot 1828/29) |
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CROSS KEYS |
Mount Street |
Thomas Salisbury (Pigot 1828/29) |
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CROWN |
Abbot Street |
William Parry (Pigot 1828/29) |
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CROWN |
High Street |
early ??? |
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CROWN |
Hope Street |
Closed 1770s |
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CUTLERS |
Charles Street |
??? |
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DOLPHIN |
Mount Street |
Robert Evans (Slater 1856) |
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DUKE OF WELLINGTON |
Abbot Street |
Renamed 1820 |
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EAGLES |
Yorke Street |
Mr. S Sidebotham (Cowdroy 1789) |
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ELEPHANT & CASTLE |
Charles Street |
Mr. Read (Cowdroy 1789) |
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EMBASSY |
High Street |
Used this name between 1984 and 1992 |
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ERDDIG |
Erddig Road / |
Sarah Jones (WTD 1912) |
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FAIRFIELD § |
Fairfield Street / |
Richard Dyke (Slater 1880) |
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FEATHERS |
Chester Street |
Thomas Edwards (Cowdroy 1789) |
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FLEECE |
Hope Street |
John Edwards (Pigot 1828/29) |
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FOX & DOG |
Abbot Street / |
Elizabeth Davies (Pigot 1835) |
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FOX & GOOSE |
Abbot Street / |
John Powell (Pigot 1828/29) |
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GEORGE |
High Street |
1670-1720 |
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GOAT |
Mount Street |
William Tilston (Slater 1880) |
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GOLDEN LION ¶ |
High Street |
William Rogers (Pigot 1828/29) |
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GREEN DRAGON |
Salop Road |
Sarah Edwards (Pigot 1828/29) |
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GREEN MAN |
Charles Street |
Mr. Yates (Cowdroy 1789) |
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GREEN MAN |
Hope Street |
Mr. Jones (Cowdroy 1789) |
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GREYHOUND |
Holt Road |
Charle Dawson (Pigot 1844) |
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GREYHOUND |
Town Hill |
??? |
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GREYHOUND |
Yorke Street / |
William Evans (Pigot 1835) |
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GRIFFIN |
Beast Market |
??? |
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HAND |
Town Hill |
John Munslow (Pigot 1828/29) |
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HARP |
Abbot Street |
William Clarke (Pigot 1835) |
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HAT |
Charles Street |
John Kennedy (Pigot 1828/29) |
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HIGHGATE |
Penybryn |
John Jones (Pigot 1844) |
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HOP POLE |
Yorke Street |
Richard Lowe (Pigot 1844) |
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HORNS |
Penybryn |
Margaret Evans (Pigot 1828/29) |
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HORSE & JOCKEY § |
Hope Street / |
Eliza Hughes (Slater 1868) |
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HORSESHOE |
Bank Street |
Closed 1985 |
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JOLLY DROVERS |
Penybryn |
Ann Davies (Pigot 1828/29) |
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KING'S ARMS |
Penybryn |
??? |
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KING'S HEAD |
Hope Street |
John Miller (Pigot 1844) |
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KING'S HEAD |
Hope Street |
Demolished 1800s |
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KING'S HEAD |
Penybryn / |
John Jones (Pigot 1828/29) |
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LAMB |
Charles Street |
1700s |
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LAMB |
High Street |
??? |
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LIGHT DRAGOON |
Penybryn / |
Ann Davies (Pigot 1828/29) |
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LION |
High Street |
Former coaching inn |
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LION |
Hope Street |
John Whittaker (Slater 1868) |
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LITTLE RED LION |
Chester Street |
William Thomas (Pigot 1828/29) |
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LONDON APPRENTICE |
Yorke Street |
??? |
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MARKET HALL VAULTS |
High Street |
Arthur Wilder (WTD 1903) |
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MINERS ARMS |
Town Hill |
William Jones (Pigot 1828/29) |
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MITRE |
High Street |
Closed c1825 |
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MITRE |
Pentrefelin |
Samuel Jones (Pigot 1828/29) |
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NAG'S HEAD § |
Mount Street |
Mr. Edisbury (Cowdroy 1789) |
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NELSON'S ARMS |
Hope Street |
William Evans (Pigot 1828/29) |
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NEW INN |
Well Street |
Demolished 1880s. |
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NEW MITRE |
Well Street |
Samuel Evans (Pigot 1828/29) |
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OAK |
High Street |
Mr. T Jones (Cowdroy 1789) |
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OAK TREE § |
Ruabon Road |
Mary Davies (Slater 1868) |
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ODDFELLOWS ARMS |
Lampit Street |
Thomas Driscoll (Pigot 1844) |
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ODDFELLOWS ARMS |
Penybryn |
Jesse Griffiths (Slater 1856) |
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OLD BLACK HORSE |
Yorke Street |
J Mercer (Slater 1868) |
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OLD KING'S HEAD |
Hope Street |
Thomas Thomas (Pigot 1828/29) |
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OLD ROYAL OAK |
High Street |
John Drury (Pigot 1828/29) |
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OLD SWAN ¶ |
Abbot Street |
Richard Lovatt (Pigot 1828/29) |
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OLD THREE TUNS |
Brook Street |
John Mason (Pigot 1828/29) |
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OLD VAULTS § |
Chester Street |
Richard Evans (Slater 1868) |
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OLD VAULTS § |
High Street |
Summers & Fitch (Slater 1883) |
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PEEDIN |
Tenter's Square??? |
early??? |
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PLUME OF FEATHERS |
Chester Street |
Possibly built c1630 |
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QUEEN'S HEAD |
Well Street |
Demolished 1880s. |
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RAGLAN |
Lampit Street |
Charles Rogers (Slater 1868) |
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RAILWAY |
Abbot Street |
??? |
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RAINBOW |
Hope Street |
Sarah Williams (Pigot 1828/29) |
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RAVEN |
Hope Street |
early ??? |
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RED COW |
Penybryn |
??? |
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RED LION |
Chester Street |
John Treen (Cowdroy 1789) |
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(BIG) RED LION |
High Street |
Mr. Stringer (Cowdroy 1789) |
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REGENT |
Regent Street |
Opened 1840s |
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ROE BUCK |
Hope Street |
Richard Williams (Pigot 1828/29) |
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ROSE & CROWN |
Chester Street |
Ben Penlington (Slater 1856) |
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ROYAL OAK § |
High Street |
Samuel Lloyd (Pigot 1828/29) |
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ROYAL SHIP |
Yorke Street |
John Shone (Slater 1895) |
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SADDLERS ARMS |
Yorke Street |
Charles Dawson (Pigot 1828/29) |
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SAITH SEREN § |
Chester Street |
Listed Grade II building. |
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SEVEN STARS |
Chester Street |
John Edisbury (Cowdroy 1789) |
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SHIP |
College Street |
??? |
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SHIP |
Hope Street |
??? |
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SMITHFIELD |
Smithfield Road |
William Jones (Slater 1895) |
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SPIRIT VAULTS |
High Street |
??? |
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STEPS |
Well Street |
Demolished 1880s. |
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SUN |
Abbot Street |
Opened c1700. |
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SWAN |
Abbot Street |
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SWAN ¶ |
Penybryn |
Thomas Williams (Pigot 1828/29) |
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TALBOT |
Hope Street |
James Hughes (Cowdroy 1789) |
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THREE PIGEONS |
Hope Street |
Mr. E Taylor (Cowdroy 1789) |
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THREE TUNS |
Bridge Street |
Mr. Edisbury (Cowdroy 1789) |
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THREE TUNS |
Brook Street |
John Mason (Pigot 1844) |
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THREE TUNS |
Hope Street |
Henry Blackwell (Pigot 1844) |
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THREE TUNS |
Town Hill / |
William Davenport (Pigot 1828/29) |
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TIGER |
Charles Street |
Edward Rowlands (Slater 1880) |
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TOWN HALL VAULTS |
Town Hill |
Samuel R Johnson (Slater 1895) |
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TRAVELLERS' REST § |
King's Mills Road |
Demolished and re-built 1921 |
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TURF § |
Racecourse |
John Tench (Pigot 1835) |
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UNION TAVARN |
Yorke Street |
Charles Bate (Slater 1856) |
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VICTORIA |
Farndon Street |
Henry J Williams (Slater 1880) |
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VICTORIA VAULTS |
Yorke Street |
John Powell (Slater 1856) |
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VICTORIA'S CROWN |
Yorke Street |
Henry Stanton (Pigot 1844) |
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WAITERS ARMS |
Yorke Street |
Edmund Rowlands (Slater 1856) |
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WATERLOO |
Town Hill |
Benjamin Harrison (Pigot 1828/29) |
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WELSH HARP |
Abbot Street |
??? |
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WELCH FUSILIER § |
Chester Road / |
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WHITE BEAR |
High Street |
Richard Roberts (Pigot 1828/29) |
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WHITE BEAR |
Yorke Street |
Charles Evans (Slater 1868) |
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WHITE HORSE |
Holt Street |
Richard Lowe (Pigot 1835) |
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WHITE LION |
Hope Street |
Closed 1980s |
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WHITE LION |
Mount Street |
Charlotte Griffiths (Pigot 1828/29) |
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WYNNSTAY ARMS § |
Yorke Street / |
Richard Johnson (Pigot 1828/29) |
Abbreviations:
- Pigot - Pigot & Co. Directory (1828/29; 1835; 1844)
- Slater - Slater's Directory (1883)
- Cowdroy - Cowdroy's Chester Directory (1789)
- WTD - Wales Trades' Directory (1903; 1912; 1918)
- § - still in operation
- ??? - more information needed
Sources:
For further research :
- "Wrexham Breweries & Inns", Derek M & Beryl M Jones, Bridge Books (1-872424-69-4)
- "The Encyclopaedia of Wrexham", W Alister Williams, Bridge Books (978-1-84494-067-7)
- "North Wales Directories 1818 to 1936", Clwyd FHS
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