Wrexham County Borough 21 - Worthenbury/Day 357/The English Maelor/a tale of two brooks
March 5th 2021 Day 357 - I never expected to be standing in Worthenbury located to the east of the River Dee in the English Maelor . Worthenbury is an old place , another one of those small rural villages where there has been a settlement since the 10th century. The Saxons had a stronghold here and the name Worthenbury when broken down has its roots in the old Saxon word a burgh or a stronghold . There may have
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