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Jan 24, 2024

Vicar's slavery windfall

While Rev George Warrington was vicar of Hope, Flintshire, he and his wife Mary owned the Pantre Pant sugar estate in Jamaica. The estate included more than 100 slaves. The couple received more than £3,000 when they sold the estate c.1790. For ...

more about the Church of Saints Cyngar and Cynfarch - including its stone Celtic cross and Norman coffin lids - use your smartphone to scan the HistoryPoints QR codes on the information board near the church entrance. Or click here

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Purple Plaque for deaf pioneer

Apr 26, 2024

A Purple Plaque was unveiled today at the former home in Rhyl of Dorothy Miles, a pioneer of sign language poetry and TV programming for the deaf, among other achievements. HistoryPoints recommended her house for a plaque after placing QR codes ...

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First comprehensive school

Apr 19, 2024

Rural Anglesey may seem an unlikely place to start overhauling the UK's education system, but if you use your phone to scan the new HistoryPoints QR codes outside Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones in Amwlch you'll discover that ...

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Discord at Nightingale Row

Apr 11, 2024

The lack of road access to Nightingale Row, near Cwmbrân, caused many problems for residents - including death. The 20 houses were built by an ironmaster and could only be reached via the towpath on the opposite side ...

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