Re: The sad case of a founding members and player of Wrexham Football Club (Massive history thread!)
John Evans map 1793-95 also appears to show a small plot of land, or a building, in the location of the current Turf Hotel, and while magnification of the map is not very clear, it also appears to show a plot of land in the apex of the junction between Mold Road and Crispin Lane, which would later be known as The Turf Tavern Gardens.
If correct, this would push the date of the original Turf Tavern, back into the 18th Century and would also add additional weight to the idea that Y Cae Ras was the location of horse racing in Wrexham from a much earlier period than is currently accepted.
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