Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WYNNSTAY

WYNNSTAY, the seat of Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., in the SE of Denbigh; 4 miles N of Chirk. It was rebuilt in 1861; and it occupies the site of the ancient residence of Madocap Grufwydd Maelor, the founder of Valle Crucis abbey.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "the seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Denbighshire AncC
Place: Wynnstay

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