Chapel house or ty wynne ( Wynne House) where the remains of John Wynne are buried
His wish to develop Newmarket into a large market town ultimately came to nothing, but Wynne was responsible for the village's growth and its population did top over 600 residents.
John Wynne died n 1714 and his remains was buried against the wall of the Chapel which still exists in Chapel street.
Now all this gives a little background to the "ghostly" goings on at Ty Wynne, which is the house situated right next door to the chapel and John Wynne's burial place. The present owner always thought that their house was haunted by a strong male character. Indeed the lady of the house always made a point of saying "goodnight" to the ghost before she went to bed. They always presumed that the "ghost" was that of John Wynne
In the early 1970s Ty Wynne featured in a somewhat creepy tale. Local small holder Graham “ the sheep”Jones was just leaving the memorial hall one wintry and rainy night.. He had been playing snooker and as he got on his bicycle he saw a figure of a man standing in the gateway of Ty Wynne.
The man was wearing an old fashioned long coat and hat, and seemed to acknowledge Graham before he cycled for home.
Literally a minute later Graham approached his home along London road and was astonished and frightened to see the same man standing alone outside his own home!
Graham wisely stopped and returned for the morale support from his friends back in the hall and by the time he returned mob handed the "man" had vanished
Could the figure be that of Trelawnyd's founder John Wynne?
Who knows?
This tale of Trelawnyd has a bittersweet taste as Graham died over the weekend
I'm up past my bedtime, but was interested in the history of Trelawnyd and all John Wynne did long ago to help Trelawnyd become the wonderful haven of home sweet home that is is today. Graham was wise not to go into his house without the presence of his friends since that mysterious man was outside. May Graham now rest in peace.
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Hugs!
Am always intrigued by these strange happenings and wonder about them. RIP Graham.
ReplyDeleteObviously a man with great ambition. Shame that it never took-off as he wanted. As for ghosts; they don't exist!
ReplyDeleteI have never experienced a "ghostly" happening, but both my husband and my daughter have. My husband was driving home late one evening and an old-fashioned 1920's car drove "through" him, then turned off and my daughter said an old lady came into her bedroom and sat on her bed in the night. She swears she was wide awake and it wasn't a dream. Who knows? xx
ReplyDeleteFor the first year we lived in our home in Llanelwy, every evening, as it was nearing time for bed, our dogs would bark while looking down the hall. Could it have been the woman who died here? We never saw anything, but the dogs barked at something.
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An interesting tale about Graham, and condolences to his family and friends. Every village, and many houses, have their ghost stories. Something no-one believes in until they have their own experience.
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