Mold

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An introduction to Mold by Greg Stevenson

Mold has something of a troubled history. On this hill there were a number of bloody skirmishes even before the Norman conquest. A castle was established, and with castles came fighting – for centuries in fact. In 1465 the mayor of Chester was captured during a visit to town, and hung. The Civil War brought more bloodshed, and even in the nineteenth century the coalminers were rioting here about pay and conditions.

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