Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War Memorial
Rhosllanerchrugog, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhosllanerchrugog, Wrexham, designated on 15 January 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 15 January 1996
- Locality
- Rhosllanerchrugog
- Community
- Rhosllanerchrugog
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.00911, -3.05146
- Cadw reference
- 17092
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set in a small park on a mound above the level of the road, immediately W of the junction with Gardden Road.
Exterior
First erected c1920, the original First World War memorial was subsequently flanked by tablets commemorating the dead of the Second World War. Original memorial is white marble, and depicts the figure of a soldier leaning on a rifle, raised on a pylon on a stepped plinth. Leaded lettering on the pylon. The flanking stones are also white marble and have leaded lettering.
Nearby in the register
- Church of Saint John EvangelistReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Miners' InstituteRecreationalunder 1 mi
- Capel Mawr (Jerusalem Welsh Presbyterian Chapel) with attached school roomReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.