Abergele rail disaster
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The Abergele rail disaster took place near Abergele, North Wales, in August 1868. At the time, it was the worst railway disaster to have occurred in Great Britain.
Abergele rail disaster memorial
The Rt Hon. Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham, K.P., was an Irish peer, a Member of Parliament, an evangelical Orangeman and County Cavan landowner. During the hunger years of late 1820s and late 1840s
Abergele rail disaster
…resumed their journey at 6 p.m. the same day (as did the up 'Irish Mail'). There were more than one dozen casualties part identified, including both The 7th Baron Farnham, KP, an Anglo-Irish peer, and his wife, Baroness Farnham. Her jewels were found and valued at £6,000. Much coinage gold and silver were melted together…
Statue of The Rt Hon. Henry, 7th Baron Farnham, K.P. This statue stands outside the Johnston Central Library on Farnham Street in Cavan Town. It depicts Lord Farnham wearing the mantle and robes of a Knight of St. Patrick. The statue originally stood in the now long gone Farnham Gardens, which were on the opposite side of Farnham Street, slightly further along the street.