GHOST of Wepre Park & Ewloe Castle,nr Connah's Quay in Flintshire, Wales.
Originally established next to an ancient forest, Wepre woods and estate are described in the Domesday book, situated within the Hundred of Atiscross, measuring 0.5 leagues.The park is home to Ewloe Castle
Ewloe Castle, which was built around 1257, is a relic of a brief triumph that the Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd had over the English Crown and the Anglo-Norman Marcher Lords in the mid 13th century. Until then, this part of north east Wales had been the starting point for repeated Norman invasions of Gwynedd for more than 150 years.
Legends say the castle is haunted by the ghost of 'marching men' and, in the surrounding 160 acre woodland between Connah's Quay and Ewloe, Nora the Nun is said to walk.The area had already written itself into the history books as the Battle of Ewloe in 1157 saw 200 Welshmen led by Owain Gwynedd, who was then king of north Wales, nearly kill English monarch Henry II.
The fight in Ewloe wood was close to where the ruins of Ewloe Castle stand.BATTLE OF Ewloe here
But beginning in the early 1230s, the Princes of Gwynedd had had started to gain the upper hand against the Anglo-Normans and Plantagenets who had taken territory in North Wales. Eventually by the late 1250s, the Welsh had reached Ewloe retaking lands up to the England–Wales border. A fortification had existed on or near the site since the Battle of Ewloe (Welsh: Brwydr Cwnsyllt) in 1157, when the Welsh successfully ambushed an English force under the command of Henry II (as they marched to Twthill at Rhuddlan). The English king only narrowly avoiding being killed himself having been rescued by Roger, Earl of Hertford.
Wepre Park is one of North Wales’ most popular destinations for family fun, however the Connah’s Quay beauty spot has a terrifying dark side...
The park has an illustrious past having once been part of the Wepre Hall estate, however nothing now remains of the hall now after it was demolished in the 1960s.
The grounds are also home to the remains of Ewloe Castle which was built by Welsh Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in 1257.
But despite the picturesque surroundings, legend tells that the ancient woodland is a hive of paranormal activity and when darkness falls things go bump in the night.
The park has long had a reputation for being haunted with sightings including a floating Nun called Nora, a pack of spirit dogs, a singing woman, and even a phantom army complete with a headless horseman.Undoubtedly its most famous ghoul is Nora the Nun who is said to haunt the Rosie pool and has been spotted by dozens over the decades floating over the waterfall and in the castle grounds.
It’s thought that she drowned in the Rosie pool after giving birth to an illegitimate child and unable to live with herself threw the baby into the water.
While other popular stories say she had her head cut off after an affair with a monk or was possibly hit by a bomb near the waterfall.
Over the years people have described her as an “angry faceless nun” with some claiming to have heard her humming while walking across the top of the waterfall.John Williams from Connah’s Quay said: “I can remember seeing Nora one night during a midnight walk by the waterfall with my dog. My dog started whining and when I looked up I saw her floating across the waterfall and could faintly hear a humming noise. But then she vanished into thin air.”
It’s also claimed that a pack of ghost dogs roam the woods, which are said to come from a pet cemetery at the old Wepre Hall where generations of family dogs were buried with their own headstones.While others say that if you go down to the castle late at night when it’s stormy the sound of drumming and the noise of a marching of an army can be heard, with some even claiming to have felt the wind of passing horses.
Visit to Ewloe Castle
Situated in Flintshire, North Wales.
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Parrot Anafi: Hawarden Castle, Ewloe Castle and the River Dee
2nd November 2018
A compilation from a few flights today
Hawarden Castle 360° Walkaround
Hawarden Estate in Flintshire North Wales threw their Castle 'gates' open to the public for the day. So I popped along with the ThetaS for a trial run taking some 360° video. Pop on you cardboard viewer and take a walk with me.
Another World -Tales of The Alhambra (Shotton) recounted by Roger Shone
Roger Shone lives and breathes the golden age of the cinema. Along with classic picture-house paraphernalia and artifacts ranging from ticket stubs to gilded plaster wall-fixings. Roger's hobby and consuming interest started when he was a youngster helping-out in the running of the Alhambra cinema, a purpose designed performance venue commanding a prime, position in the High Street of Shotton, Flintshire.
In the 1950s the town of Shotton was home to many of the 12,000+ workers at the John Summers Steel plant, just over the river Dee from the town. Chester Road, the main shopping parade, had yet to feel the impact of large-scale, all-under-one-roof supermarkets and was well-served with a variety of owner-managed shops shops and offices. The Alhambra cinema was a dominant force on the High Street. Offering, not just latest feature films and children's weekend matinee performances, but a lot more. From seasonal panto, hugely popular talent competitions to wrestling spectaculars, The Alhambra did it all!
During September 2016, I called on Roger Shone at his modest Chester home. We spent a pleasant couple of hours reminiscing about old times on the High Street -and of course, about a bygone age, with TV still in its infancy, when, for a huge cross section of folk, a night at the pictures was the highlight of the week.
This clip is an extract from an extended interview session which in, due course, will be deposited with local & national archives for the benefit of future generations.
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Hawarden Castle || Aerial Getaway || Episode 5 || Drone Footage
An Aerial video of Hawarden Castle in North Wales. Here lie the ruins of a medieval castle, Hawarden Castle. This was built on the site of an Iron Age fort by the Normans and had a round keep built on a motte. Thanks for watching
Flint & Ewloe Castle CADW
Flint Castle & Ewloe Castle captured with UAV. CADW. Welsh Castle Fly Over.
Caergwrle Castle
Caergwrle (/kɑːɨr gʊrlɛ/) Castle, Initial Construction: 1277
Another drive through Wales. First real ride since I'd gotten new tires and chain.
Found some very well hidden castle ruins near Wrexham which I've never been aware of!
It was the final castle to be built by Welsh rulers before the loss of independence.
Had limited time to do the shooting as the heavens opened and rained all over but it turned out better than expected in the end.
If you're interested in the pronunciation of Caergwrle you can check out these links:
Apologies for the shaky intro footage.. will have a solution to this soon.
Music:
Floatinurboat - Spirit Of Things
Font:
Knights Quest
Wikipedia:
Ewloe Castle is lost
ukhaunted - Captured Live on Ustream at with the Ustream Mobile App
Ewloe Superpub? St Davids Park prefers the simple life
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At the fringe of the parish of Hawarden is the St Davids Park. Its a high quality residential estate tastefully integrated with a hi-tec, white collar business zone. All set in immaculate eco-friendly surroundings. Within easy walking distance are shops, post-office, supermarkets, social club, two good pubs and a four-star DeVere hotel. Its a prestigious place to work and live -and a real community. Now its under threat.
In recent days it has come to light that a planning application has been lodged at County Hall that would make the one remaining large grassed field on the park into a full-on, super-pub/restaurant/lodge.
In this clip, St Davids resident BRIAN FOLEY Tel: (01244-535 534) explains the situation and hopes EVERYONE will help to get these proposals thrown out!
If you act quickly, YOU can OBJECT to these plans by writing to:
Environment Directorate
Planning Dept
County Hall
Mold
CH7 6NF
You must Quote Planning Application Number 046 531 St Davids Park
You can email comments (Same reference# to )
There are many grounds for OBJECTION. You'll find a few at
JB note!
This clip is part of my Gladstone 2009 bicentenary archive project. In my role as unpaid, self-appointed citizen journalist, champion of the fallen and depressed -and general all-round busybody, I'm poking around Hawarden and district with my camcorder. I'm seeking out stories that catch the flavour and mood of the interesting times in which we find ourselves this year. All of it of human interest -from the sublime to the ridiculous and in the main spoken by the people directly involved. All to be put away into the archives, where, sometime into the future, unsuspecting generations may find my modest endeavours entertaining or even informative.
Mr Gladstone, the People's William of Victorian days, from whose commemorative depository of divine reading which is located in Hawarden village, I frequently obtain focus and inspiration -would have loved it!
(If you know of a tale or event that should be captured in this special year, please contact me at jbsandown@hotmail.com )
Portmerion and Dolwyddelan Castle
A quick little edit from two spots we visited today, Kept getting RF low on the sand flats, soo weird because it should have been an exceptionally quiet RF Area and I expected to have range for miles. Must have been the proximity to the ground.
Hawarden Bridge station to Connahs Quay old dock
From Hawarden Bridge to Connahs quay old dock using a new widened cycle bridge bolted to the old bridge new access ramps and led lighting all make what used to be a very overgrown and neglected route now a cyclist and walkers route, giving access to the Shoton Steelworks complex,and the huge deeside industrial estaste and linking North Wales to the Wirral on a safe off route.
Flying around Ewloe Castle and Flint Castle
Getting a good view of the castles from the air thanks to the Parrot Bebop 2.
Raglan Castle Southern Wales Trip
My family trip to a one of many beautify located castles in wales
Raglan Castle is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales
Music used in this video:
ATB - Trinity
ATB - Magnetic Girl
ATB - Living life over
Denbigh Castle - Castell Dinbych North Wales
Denbigh medieval castle from the air, aerial video using my quadcopter in the historic market town of Denbigh - Dinbych.
Denbigh Castle (Welsh: Castell Dinbych) was a fortress built following the 13th-century conquest of Wales by Edward I.
The castle, which stands on a rocky promontory above the Welsh market town of Denbigh, Denbighshire, was built upon an earlier Welsh stronghold. It was defended by a unique triple-towered gateway.
A planned town (bastide) was laid out at the same time as the castle. The Anglo-Norman borough was an attempt by Edward I to pacify the Welsh.
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