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May 2, 2025

Cardigan PoW's updates in 1918

Edith Davies of the Eagle Inn, Cardigan, was receiving occasional news from her husband Daniel - a prisoner of war in Germany - when she gave birth to their son in August 1918. Daniel survived captivity. After the Armistice, he sent ...

telegrams to Edith updating her on his journey home via Denmark and Scotland. His wartime messages are preserved by Ceredigion Archives. Now you can discover the couple's story and more Eagle Inn history by scanning the new HistoryPoints QR codes near the building (currently vacant), or by clicking here

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Warehouse sketches revealed

Jun 14, 2025

On walls in Cardigan’s former Bridge Warehouse are Victorian pencil sketches of sailing ships and calculations of sail and rope dimensions. There’s no public access to them, but now you can scan a HistoryPoints QR code to see …

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An ancient row in Wrexham

Jun 7, 2025

A single-storey row of shops in Wrexham city centre has survived centuries of change, evidenced by the taller buildings all around. The building in Chester Street was probably built in the 17th century as workshops and has been ...

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Ebbw Vale's good cause-way

May 31, 2025

Ebbw Vale's 18th-century ironmasters did future generations a favour when they built a causeway to carry iron ore from one side of the valley to their furnaces on the other. Horses hauled the ore on a tramway and the level ...

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