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The Ghost of John Wynne?

John Wynne’s family lived in a mansion which is now Gop farm.

According to Bangor Professor Robert Jenkins the industrial pioneer John Wynne (1650-1714) was instrumental in the development of Newmarket. He had a vision of developing the hamlet into a market town proper. He built houses, established a weekly market and established the Nonconformist chapel in 1701 as well as building a grammar school at “plas yn dre”.
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.

Ty Wynne ( or Wynne House) which adjoins the Chapel wall where John Wynne is supposedly buried. 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 older Graham 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?

(Taken from the blogsite  http://trelawnydhistory.blogspot.co.uk/)

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