Llangollen Canal an Act of Abandonment in 1944, allowing it to close of canals, including much of the Shropshire Union system. However, the line from Hurleston to Llangollen and onwards to Llantisilio was saved, as it was the main supply of water to the rest of the system. On 6 September 1945, due to inadequate maintenance, the canal breached its banks east of Llangollen near Sun Bank Halt. The flow of hundreds of tons of water washed away the embankment of the railway further down the hill, creating a crater which was long and deep. This caused the first traffic of the
Geufron Hall, Llangollen Geufron Hall, Llangollen Geufron Hall is a historic house in Llangollen. Built in 1837, it was occupied by Dr Richard (Dick) Drinkwater and Dr Fred Drinkwater in the years immediately prior to the Second World War (1939–45) and used as their family home and surgery. Records of the original Geufron estate date back to the mid-18th century. The location of the house is in the hamlet of Geufron, some distance outside the town of Llangollen. This would have meant a long and strenuous walk to the surgery by any local people needing treatment, as the house is at a height