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A church built on public outrage

Oct 6, 2017

The church in Gorsedd, Flintshire, was funded by donations from people around Britain who were incensed when an artistocratic couple chose to give to the Catholic Church ...

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Waiting a century for toll abolition

Sep 30, 2017

In 1909 an official request was made for abolition of the Pont Briwet toll near Penrhyndeudraeth. The unpopular charge for road users was scrapped - 104 years later! The bridge ...

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Viaduct? What viaduct?

Sep 23, 2017

The name of Brecon's Viaduct House is puzzling today, because all traces of the railway viaduct which crossed The Struet and the river Honddu vanished decades ago. Brecon was ...

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