Gresford is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.
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10 Facts About Gresford
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Grade I listed All Saints' Church, Gresford has been described as the finest parish church in Wales, and has the most surviving medieval stained glass of any Welsh church.
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Former Gresford Colliery was the site of the Gresford disaster, one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters, when 266 men died in an underground explosion on 22 September 1934.
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Gresford Church dates to 1492 and is a large building considering the size of what the population would have been in the present day boundaries of the parish.
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Gresford Colliery was the site of one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters.
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The Gresford Disaster occurred on 22 September 1934, when 266 men died following an underground explosion.
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The disaster is commemorated in the hymn tune "Gresford", which is known as "the Miners' Hymn", written by Robert Saint of Hebburn, himself a miner.
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Stone-built Gresford Halt, on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway was midway up the notorious Gresford Bank.
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Gresford has a football team, Gresford Athletic FC, which currently competes in the Cymru North.
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Gresford has a cricket club, Gresford Cricket Club, which plays at Clappers Lane.
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