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Guest blog | Did Wrexham Once Have a Priory?

Local writer Eleri Schwartz follows the clues hidden in Wrexham’s streets and history, and asks whether the city once had a priory. So did Wrexham once have a priory? After all, we do have a Priory Street and an Abbot Street, both within a short walk of St Giles Church. Maybe the names mean nothing. Streets acquire names for all sorts of reasons, and sometimes those names survive long after their original meaning has been forgotten. That being said, I find in Wrexham there is

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