Our 2025/6 programme
The planned meetings are:
October 15th: VIC TYLER-JONES Tai Un Nos in North East Wales
November 19th: KEVIN MATHIAS A Medical Mixture: Aspects of the history of medicine and public health in N E Wales
December 17th: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING GARETH EVANS Dyffryn Clwyd: the community
January 21st: FIONA GALE Romans in N E Wales
February 25th: Dr MARIAN GWYN North Wales and West Indian Slavery
March 18th: CHANTAL BLACKBURN, Widening Participation Officer, Outreach Team, University of Chester
A Talk on John Douglas, Architect
April 15th: ROGER EDWARDS Historical Photographs of Ruthin
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Meetings are held in the school hall of Rhos Street School, Ffordd Glasdir, to start at 7.30 pm.
There is ample parking at the school , with reserved spaces and easy access for those with mobility difficulties.
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OUR 2024/5 WINTER PROGRAMME IS CONCLUDED:
We'lost' two meetings but the main topics were these: those underlined have a detailed entry on this website, found by a click.​​
December : Roger Edwards introduced items from his collection of old images of Ruthin.
January: Howard Hughes, ‘H M Stanley and his roots in Dyffryn Clwyd.’
February: Bethan Hughes, ‘O’r Ty Hwn / From this House, Rhuthun and the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition
March: Amy Reynolds ‘The Cistercians in Northeast Wales, Valle Crucis’.
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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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A digital booklet on the restoration can be viewed on the website of the Ruthin and District Civic Association as a downloadable PDF, following this link.
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.
