Plas Madoc Hall

The oldest record of a house at the site of plas madoc dates back to the time of welsh royalty & the principality of wales in the 12th century , it would of been a half-timbered dwelling at the time. The family name of Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd , David ap Llewellyn , ap Ednyfed Fychan were all linked to the earlier dwellings at the plas madoc site. Going into the 15th century a man named John who decended from the welsh lineage was the first to adopt the surname Lloyd ( John Lloyd ) he built a new house over the older one. The plas madoc estate going into the 16th century stayed in the possession of the Lloyd family , by 1620 the Plas Madoc Hall & Estate covered over 232 acres of land between the Wynstay and Plas Kynaston Estates and was inherited by Edward Lloyd whom was a Coroner for the County and decedent of Madoc family. The Plas Madoc Hall & Estate remained in the same family line through a succession of inheritances until the mid-1800’s when the high sheriff of the county George Hammond Whaley became the owner of the plas madoc estate , he added a few structural changes to the estate until his death in 1878. After the death of George Whaley The Plas Madoc Hall estate was sold to the powerful neighbouring family of the Wynn's Of the Wynnstay of Ruabon , going from the late 18th century into the 19th century Plas madoc hall had a few tennenants renting the property. One of the tennants was a man named Charles morris who was a secretary of the old firm of ' Hughes & Lancaster ' in acrefair , another tennant was a man named John Jones who was headmaster and Rhos-y-medre church school. Going into the 1960's the Plas Madoc Hall had fallen in to a poor state of repair and was derelict , in 1968 it was scheduled for demolition by the local authority to make way for the new project from the local council to provide a big Plas Madoc Housing Estate. Soon after Plas madoc hall was demolished and a new estate was created with completion in the 70's , the new Plas Madoc Housing Estate Scheme was for 550 units initially costing around £1.5 million pounds in 1970 that could be increased to 1000 units at a later date when more funds became available. The new plas madoc estate site was also added to greatly over the coming years with a big Leisure centre which would be popular for familys going swimming , also local shops were added to cater of the new community of plas madoc and also eventually there would be a supermarket known locally as leo's that would be in the commuity of plas masdoc. Present day plas madoc has gone through some changes with the supermarket leo's being demolished in the 90's and on the site of there now is a residentual complex known as plas telford , also many of the houses in plas madoc have been rennovated to an update standard from the 1970's look.

Also to add plas madoc get's it's name from Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd

Also it is said in the 16th century the Roundhead general himself Oliver Cromwell stayed for a night at plas madoc hall.

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