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Dec 15, 2024

Welsh patriot's defiance of king

The Cerrigydrudion almshouses in rural Conwy are a lasting reminder of the generosity of Robert Price MP, who was known as "the patriot of his native country” after objecting in 1696 to King William III’s plan to give a Dutchman Welsh lands where 1,500 freeholders ...

lived. Queen Anne later made Robert a Baron of the Exchequer. For more about him and the Hafan Prys almshouses, use your smartphone to scan the HistoryPoints QR codes near the almshouses, or click here

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Hopper days in Porthgain

Jan 18, 2025

Porthgain harbour in Pembrokeshire would look like many other rural Welsh harbours were it not for the gigantic bank of disused hoppers along its south side - remnants of a relatively brief period of intense industrial activity. Now you can scan HistoryPoints QR codes by ...

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Wrexham bon viveur's fatal eye op

Jan 12, 2025

Edward Lovatt hosted legendary dinners at his Wrexham pub and brewery, the Old Swan, when he wasn't busy being parish clerk, an auctioneer and agent for various companies. But an operation to replace one of his eyes with a glass eyeball in 1887 ...

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Sub-periscope inventor's Conwy home

Jan 4, 2025

Sir Howard Grubb's periscope had transformed the Royal Navy's submarines by the time he bought a house on Sychnant Pass Road near Conwy, where he soon set about running an electric cable from a nearby hotel to light his residence. Sir Howard had invented ...

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