Find yourself watching the documentary, “Welcome to Wrexham”, and wondering what is the deal about this city? Well, look no further, as we have you covered. In under six minutes you will receive a short history of this fascinating town located in Wales. So much history and constantly having to reinvent itself to keep up with the times. Please leave any comments if you have any stories to tell about Wrexham. Thanks.
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reom [Music] Wales rexam is a city of rexam County Bar in Wales it is located between the Welsh Mountains and the lower D Valley near the border with chesher in England rexam has historically been one of the primary settlements of Wales with documented activity since the Bronze Age re was developed in the Middle Ages as a regional center for trade and administration the town was particularly well known in the 14th and 15th centuries for the manufacturer of Welsh bucklers a buckler is a small Shield up to 18 in in diameter the end of Welsh Independence occurred in the 13th century during the conquest of Wales by Edward I later in the 16th century the acts of Union passed during the reign of Henry VII which caused Wales to be incorporated into the realm of the kingdom of England note the Commonwealth was the political structure During the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales later along with Ireland and Scotland were governed as a republic after the end of the second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I rexam became the most populous settlement in Wales in the 17th century during the Industrial Revolution starting in the 18th century the City and surrounding area were a hub of coal and Lead mining they are also included production of iron steel leather and Brewing the entrepreneur John Wilkinson known as iron mad Wilkinson opened bam Iron Works to Kickstart the Industrial Revolution in rexam by the mid 19th century there were 19 breweries in and around the town the breweries benefited from good underground water supplies in rexam rexam lger Brewery was established in 1882 and became the first Brewery in the United Kingdom to produce ler beer in the early 20th century the Northeast Wales Coal Field was producing up to 3 million tons son a year and employed over 10,000 people in 1934 the gresford cery had 2,200 miners working in 38 hour shifts as there was a football match on the Saturday afternoon between rexam and trir Rovers on Friday the 21st of September many miners doubled up the shifts so they could attend the match this meant there were more miners down the pit than there ordinarily would have been an underground explosion occurred at around 2: a.m. which led to the death of 266 men with only six survivors the mine owners docked the men half a day’s pay as they had not completed a full day shift 9 years after the closure of the pit in 1982 the headgear wheel was preserved as part of the gresford disaster Memorial the gresford cery was located near the village of gresford near rexam however the industry went into decline after the first world war with the last pit to close was bersham cery in 1986 Rex’s economy has moved away from heavy industry to high-tech manufacturing biotechnology fin finance and Professional Services the city is noted for hosting rexam AFC one of the oldest professional football teams in the world at the 2021 census it had an urban population of over 44,000 rexam finally received City status in September 2022 after four attempts the historic City Center contains a large number of listed buildings set on a medieval Street pattern radiating out from the Parish Church of St Giles which was the focal point around which the city developed the church Precinct and the surrounding narrow enclosed streets and Alleyways retain a medieval character several complete medieval buildings survive on town hill and Church Street St giles’s Parish church is the Parish Church of rexam the church is recognized as one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture in Wales the iconic 16th century Tower Rises to a height of 136 ft and is a local Landmark that can be seen for many miles around it forms one of the seven wonders of whale St giles’s occupies a site of continuous Christian worship for at least 800 years it is widely considered to be among the greatest of the medieval buildings still standing in Wales it has one of the oldest brass eagle lect turns in Britain the racecourse ground is a football stadium in rexam Wales it is the home of rexam association football club AFC it is the world’s oldest International football stadium that still Hosts International matches having hosted Wales first home International match in 1877 rexam association football club is a professional association football club based in rexam formed in 1864 it is the oldest Club in Wales and the third oldest professional association football team in the world rexam AFC has a rocky historical performance primarily bouncing between division 3 and four a notable exception was during the 1978 to 1981 Seasons where they briefly attained division 2 status in 2008 rexam were finally relegated to non-league status following a 2 to0 defeat at Herford United ending the club’s 87-year stay in the football league in November 2020 canadian-american actor Ryan Reynolds and American actor Rob meleny bought the club on the 22nd of April 2023 rexam secured winning their first league title in 45 years and were promoted to the English Football League 2 after a 15-year absence following a 3 to1 win against boram wood hope you enjoyed the brief history of rexam do you have any interesting facts about rexam to share if so please leave them in the [Music] comments