Hanmer

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Hanmer is a village in the County Borough of Wrexham in north-east Wales.

It lies on the northern end of Hanmer Mere, part of the 'Shropshire lake district' of meres which was formed by the last ice-age. Neighbouring villages include Penley, Horsemans Green and Arrowry.

Until the reorganisation of Welsh local government in 1974, Hanmer was in Maelor Saesneg (English[-speaking] Maelor), the detached part of the old county of Flintshire.

[edit] Important Buildings

Saint Chads's Church
The Hanmer Hotel
Magpie Cottage

St Chad’s Church, Hanmer

[edit] Residents

Margaret Hanmer (d. of Sir David Hanmer), who married Owain Glyndŵr circa 1383 in Hanmer.
Lorna Sage, the author of Bad Blood (winner of the Whitbread Prize for biography, 2000) grew up in Hanmer during the 1940's and 1950's and the book is about her grandfather's tenure as vicar of St. Chad's parish church.