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The [[Llangollen Bridge|bridge at Llangollen]] was built across the [[River Dee, Wales|Dee]] in the 16th century to replace a previous bridge built in about 1345 by [[John Trevor I|John Trevor]], of [[Trevor Hall, Denbighshire|Trevor Hall]] (later [[Bishop of St Asaph]]), which replaced an even earlier bridge built in the reign of [[Henry I of England|King Henry I]]. In the 1860s the present bridge was extended by adding an extra arch (to cross the new railway) and a two-storey stone tower with a castellated parapet. This became a café before being demolished in the 1930s to improve traffic flow. The bridge was also widened in 1873 and again in 1968, using masonry which blended in with the older structure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historypoints.org/index.php?mact=News,m73248,default,1&m73248number=3&m73248detailpage=&m73248pagenumber=73&m73248returnid=3154&page=3154| title= Llangollen Bridge|access-date = 24 July 2015}}</ref> It is a [[Grade I listed]] structure and a [[Scheduled Ancient Monument]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-1080-llangollen-bridge-a539-llangollen| title= Llangollen Bridge,a539, Llangollen| publisher= British Listed Buildings|access-date = 24 July 2015}}</ref>
[[Plas Newydd (Llangollen)|Plas Newydd]] ("New Mansion" or "New Place") high on the outskirts of the town, was from 1780 the home of the [[Ladies of Llangollen]]; the Honourable Sarah Ponsonby, Lady Eleanor Butler and their maid [[Mary Carryl]]. They share the same grave memorial in the church.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-48928|title=Carryl, Mary (d. 1809), servant and friend of the Ladies of Llangollen|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/48928|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>
Elevated on the opposite side of the Dee is [[Castell Dinas Brân]], the ruins of a medieval castle built by the Princes of [[Powys Fadog]].
The [[Pillar of Eliseg]] [Grid Ref: SJ 20267 44528] is another ancient monument located 400m NNW of Valle Crucis Abbey. [[Llangollen Community Hospital]] was completed in 1876.<ref name=na>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=890|title=Llangollen Cottage Hospital, Llangollen|publisher=National Archives|access-date=24 February 2019}}</ref>
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