Acrefair

Acrefair (Welsh: Acre-fair;[1] [ˌakrɛˈvɑɪr] ⓘ) is a village in Wrexham County Borough, north-east Wales, in the community of Cefn.

[citation needed] Acrefair has a chemist, kebab shop and two Chinese take-aways and once had a petrol station and newsagents / post office.

It boasts many buildings built from "Ruabon Red brick", including several chapels which are now closed and converted.

[citation needed] Edward Lloyd Rowland established an ironworks in Acrefair in 1817.

The Ruabon Brook Tramway passed through the village at street level, serving the Monsanto works and other local industry.

Acrefair in 1794, Engraving Francis Jukes after Thomas Walmsley .