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Northop's philanthropic foundling
Feb 26, 2018Owen Jones was abandoned as a baby at Northop church, Flintshire, but had amassed enough wealth by his death in 1659 to set up a charity for orphaned children and widows' families ...
[More]Cross-dressing rioters in 1839
Feb 21, 2018When discontent among Carmarthenshire's rural poor boiled over in 1839, men dressed in drag and attacked the hated tollgate at Efailwen. Twice the gate was repaired ...
[More]Barmaid tried for Valentine libel
Feb 14, 2018A young Pwllheli barmaid was tried at the Assizes - equivalent to today's Crown Court - in 1890 for sending libellous Valentine's letters. A master mariner was called a "dry land captain" in ...
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