THIS IS THE BLOG OF COLIN JONES, RHYL TOWN COUNCILLOR: BODFOR WARDl
The opinions expressed in this blog are entirely my own and not the views of the town council.
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This is a picture of Foryd Hall, Rhyl. It was a big house built in the mid 1800s by Member of Parliament, Townshend Mainwaring, as a family residence. Mr Mainwaring was MP for Flintshire and Denbighshire, which indicates how sparse the population was in those days.
The house stood with its back to the harbour and faced an area known as ‘The Mudlands’. By the end of the 1800s with enthusiastic support from Mr Mainwaring, this area had been developed as Marine Lake.
Marine Lake with its surrounding pleasure gardens improved the view from Foryd Hall and no doubt increased the value of the house and Mr Mainwaring’s ‘Packet Inn’ which was in nearby Quay Street. He had other business interests in the town and in other towns.
In due course, Foryd Hall fell derelict and gained a reputation for being haunted. It was demolished in the 1930s.
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