CYMDEITHAS HANES LLEOL RHUTHUN
RUTHIN LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Ruthin Local History Society Programme
2020-2021
21st October at 7.30pm
Gareth Evans: ‘Ruthin’s town walls’.
18th November 2020 at 7.30pm
Gwynn Price Rowlands: ‘From Beadle and Nightwatchmen to Police Constable. The development of policing in late Georgian and early Victorian Denbighshire ’
16th December 2020 at 7.30pm
Robert Owen-Ellis: Christmas Quiz and AGM
NEXT
20th January 2021 at 7.30pm
Bob Morris: ‘Treason of the Blue Books. The report on Welsh Education 1847.’
17th February 2021 at 7.30pm
Kate Harcus: ‘Ruthin’s Old Courthouse in the modern era.’
17th March 2021 at 7.30pm
National Library of Wales: Presentation on the Library’s project on broadcasting history involving local media resources.
21st April 2021 at 7.30pm
Gwynn Mathews: ‘Poetic Licence in the Vale’.
All meetings will be via ZOOM. Invitations to join will be sent out a few days before each meeting.
A link will be sent to all members a few days before each meeting. You will need to download the ZOOM app in order to join the meeting and then click on the joining link. If in difficulty please email or telephone me (07789553737)
I hope this all works and you enjoy the talks.
Best wished take care during these difficult times.
Gareth
Recent Additions to this site:
In Archive:
‘From Beadle and Nightwatchmen to Police Constable. The development of policing in late Georgian and early Victorian Denbighshire ’ - Video of remote meeting, Gwynn Price Rowlands (November 2020)
Ruthin Town Defences - a video recording of our first 'lockdown' meeting, presented by Gareth Evans. (October 2020)
More editions (56 to 65) of the former 'Rhuthun Local History Broadsheet', published by the Coelion Trust, now on-line.
Wilfred Owen in Rhewl, and Sir Charles Evans in Rhewl and Derwen.
Brynhyfryd Memories, 1940s.
NEW !!
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.
To enter, click on the map.
Rose Bagley has sent us this photo of an oak panel, believed to be retrieved from the debris of the fire at St. Peter's Church in 1904. An accompanying newspaper cutting appears to confirm this. If anyone has further information, please get in touch with us.
Gareth Evans' new book
'The Buildings of Ruthin'
- a few copies are still availale.
To order a copy, e-mail:
National Library of Wales On-line resources
We recommend these resources for research or just general interest:
Welsh Tithe Maps: excellent interactive site for 1839 tithe maps. You can overlay contemporary maps with 1890s OS maps and the actual tithe maps. You can locate particular fields by name (in many cases), owner, occupier (if different), field use (arable or pasture), land area, and amount of tithe.
The People's Collection. OS maps from 1874-5 edition. Zoom in/out facility, hybrid maps allows to see contemporary maps against historical ones.
Welsh Newspapers on line. Again you can navigate to specific newspapers by typing in a particular newspaper title or specific topic, which will then be yellow-line highlighted for one newspaper or all the collection.
