Wrexham

/ (ˈrɛksəm) /

noun

a town in N Wales, in Wrexham county borough: seat of the Roman Catholic bishopric of Wales (except the former Glamorganshire); formerly noted for coal-mining. Pop: 42 576 (2001)

a county borough in NE Wales, created in 1996 from part of Clwyd. Pop: 129 700 (2003 est). Area: 500 sq km (193 sq miles)

Example sentences from the Web for wrexham

Ask me to do anything, but don't ask me to go away—to go back to Wrexham.

Robert Orange |John Oliver Hobbes
I must be this evening at Wrexham, but I shall be here again to-morrow, as early as possible.

Willing to Die |Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Mr. Wrexham, after a courteous salute, took the proffered chair and plunged into business at once.

By the Barrow River |Edmund Leamy
Wrexham Education Committee has decided not to have Welsh taught in the elementary schools.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920 |Various

Valuable fireclays and terra-cotta marls are also taken from the Coal Measures about Wrexham.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 |Various

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Wrexham

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