Show GLAD STONES HOUR Chi chicago cato dally news both in aik ancient elent and modern history hawarden Is of interest from the castle there are views of shrewsbury of the hla tofic bek 0 ori which eight adlas rowed and bee besides the he mid and ruthea cables castles in eight there are aft battle grounds the weigh and anatlie tao cord ord fouant after the conquest hawarden was waa in eluded in the grant of land given to hugh lupus earl of chester and in 1337 1837 it passed into the hands of the earl of salisbury and reverting to the crown was given to the duke of clarence hnery second son and in 1454 it came into the possession of sir thomas stanley afterward lord stanley and for years hawarden Haward eu remained in this family but in 1653 it was seized upon and sold to chief justice glynne at the restoration an effort was made to recover hawarden for the stanley family and a debate on the question took place in the house of lords but Ha hawarden wardeh remained in the possession of the glynne family until the death of the last baL baronet ronet 1874 when the lordship of the mali manor calior or by a family arrangement passed to mr Glad stones eldest son it is i thought that a fortified camp existed on the site of the tte ancient castle prior to the norman conquest conque the te exact date of tho the castle cast leis is unknown but it seems almost certain that it if was ere erected sted during henry its reign and probably added to in the beginning of the reign of edward I 1 in 1264 the castle was the scene of the memorable conference between simon de montford and llewelyn prance of north wales in which a compact of mutual support was agreed upon and subsequently was but poorly kept for in 1281 llewelyn Llewel turned traitor and with david led the welsh in a night attack on the castle which they took a and nd in all probability burnt and left partially a ruin the castle was some years later repaired by robert de Mon talt and to him is the bull building ding of the keep or donjon of the castle attributed tri buted the keep is circular and is 61 feet in diameter the base of the wall is Is about 15 feet thick while it tapers to about 2 feet less at the rampart line divided into two stories the upper story was the state apartment of the castle while the lower one was used as a store room adjoining the state apartment is the chapel entered through a small doorway with a pointed head there is a small wind between the chapel and the adjoining window recess through erh which the consecration se of the host could be seen seeh the park comprises about acres and is divided by a rivine which passes the ancient castle the village of hawarden is a 1 one and contains more acres than people part of the land having been reclaimed at one time from the sea the ancient house of correction where the stocks were placed still stands at the end of the villa laae are a quiet solid little building of grecian architecture the church dates back from about the thirteenth century and is in appearance solid with an air of about its ancient walls past and present each conta contain alin interest for visitors to hawarden the old hills still lift their heads to catch the breeze of heaven the dee flows on as of old the sun shines brightly as it shone ahone in other times |