Plas Newydd, Llangollen Plas Newydd, Llangollen Plas Newydd (, ; "new hall" or "new mansion") is a historic house in the town of Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, and was the home of the Ladies of Llangollen, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, for nearly 50 years. Today, it is run as a museum by Denbighshire County Council. Plas Newydd is notable as the home where two Irish ladies, Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby (the Ladies of Llangollen) eloped and set up house together in the late 18th century, scandalising contemporary British society. Plas Newydd was originally a five-roomed stone cottage, but over
Ponsonby, New Zealand Vandeleur came to New Zealand but they are probably the source for the street names and ultimately the suburb's name. 1841 Jane Griffin (Lady Franklin), wife of Sir John Franklin the Governor of Tasmania, visits Auckland. During her time in Auckland she walks up a track in the Ponsonby area subsequently named for her as Franklin Road. mid1840s Governor Hobson's secretary James Stuart Freeman lives in the area subsequently known as "Freemans Bay". 1848 The area now known as Ponsonby is included in the "Hundred of Auckland". 1851 The "Suburban West Ward" is created which includes what is now Ponsonby.