OUR 2024/5 WINTER PROGRAMME IS HERE:
Completed:
October 16th 2024. Lorrae Campbell, ‘The Pen y Cloddiau Excavation and the late Bronze Origins of Hill Forts’.
November 20th 2024. POSTPONED - SNOW
December 18th 2024. 1. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2. Roger Edwards will introduce items from his collection of old images of Ruthin.
Future:
January 15th 2025, Howard Hughes, ‘H M Stanley and his roots in Dyffryn Clwyd.’
February 19th 2025, Bethan Hughes, ‘O’r Ty Hwn / From this House, Rhuthun and the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition’.
March 19th 2025. Amy Reynolds ‘The Cistercians in Northeast Wales, Valle Crucis’.
​April - (date to be determined) Kevin Mathias, ‘Nineteenth Century approaches to Mental Health’
Meetings are held in the hall of Rhos Street School, Ffordd Glasdir, at 7.30 p.m. Doors open 7.00 p.m. There is ample parking.
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NEW ON THIS SITE:
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​1. Edward, Gabriel and Godfrey Goodman - see Members' Papers
2. The Roger Edwards Collection - 80 historical photographs of Ruthin. Here
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3. Tom the Brush - personal account of the life spent in institutions, including Ruthin Workhouse, by a local character. Scanned images of a booklet provided by a reader of this site. Open Here.
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4. Ruthin's Timber-framed Buildings. A leaflet describing a Heritage Trail to see these historic buildings has been produced, the relevant parts have been scanned and can be viewed here.
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FOR NEW VISITORS TO THIS SITE:
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Using the Drop-Down menus above, you can: (If you are using a mobile phone, click on the 3-bar icon beneath the page title to access he menus.)
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From the Home page, find out more about our Society, with contact details, and join if you wish!
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Use the Archive and Members Papers menus to access some 45 topics which relates to the History of Ruthin and the surrounding area. This content continues to grow.
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The Broadsheets menu will give you a digital 'reprint' of the 79 Broadsheets produced between 1985 and 2004 by a group of local historians.
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We regret that we do not have the resources to produce a bilingual website.
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After 6 years of operation, we are approaching 55,000 page visits - by a world-wide audience - which we think is quite impressive.!
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The Peers Memorial (The Town Clock)
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This landmark in St. Peter's Square has undergone a detailed programme of restoration.
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It now looks great - as new, almost, though without the cattle fountain. An excellent community initiative - we offer our appreciation to all involved.
You can read Gwynne Morris's story of Joseph Peers and his memorial in the Ruthin Local History Broadsheet No. 30, which is on this website and can be seen with this link
Country Houses and Estates
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The Ruthin Local History Broadsheets included many articles, mainly by David Williams, on the historic houses of the Ruthin area. Use this map key to go straight to the appropriate Broadsheet.
In most cases these articles are the last one on each Broadsheet.
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To enter, click on the map.
Country Houses and estates are also the subject of some archived papers - see the menus.
