The Lancastrians had almost been crushed in the 'Wars of the Roses' when a battle was fought at Twthill, Caernarfon, in October 1461. Jasper Tudor, Henry Holland and their men were soon overpowered ...
A wealthy Stafford merchant almost got away with dumping his illegitimate baby's body, wrapped in newspaper, in the sea near Dolgellau, but he forgot that his newsagent had written his name on ...
Large crowds used to gather on Cardiff's St Mary Street, by the present-day market entrance, not for shopping but to watch people being hanged. The magnificent Victorian market hall stands where a prison ...