CYMDEITHAS HANES LLEOL RHUTHUN
RUTHIN LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY


CYMDEITHAS HANES LLEOL RHUTHUN
RUTHIN LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Ruthin Local History Society - our Winter Programme has been completed.
2022-2023
A summary of Prof. Arnold Hughes' talk (October) on 'Houses of Noble Poverty : The Almshouses of Denbighshire' can be seen here.
A Summary of Fiona Gale's talk on Ruthin Railway Station from 16th November 2022 can be seen here:
On 21st December we held the AGM and Christmas Quiz:, by Bob Ellis and Roger Edwards , followed by an Introduction to the Ruthin Old Buildings Dendrochronology Project, which you can see here.
18th January Robert Griffiths, ‘Kinmel Camp during World War I’ Postponed due to wintry weather
15th February R K Mathias ‘Sailing away: the stories of some north east Wales migrants and travellers.’ Summary here
15th March Gareth Evans ‘Country Houses and Estates in Dyffryn Clwyd’
All meetings in Rhos Street School Hall at 7.30 pm.
Our meetings restart in October.
FOR NEW VISITORS TO THIS SITE:
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.
We regret that we do not have the resources to produce a bilingual website.
After 6 years of operation, we are approaching 35,000 page visits - by a world-wide audience - which we think is quite impressive.!

The Peers Memorial (The Town Clock)
This landmark in St. Peter's Square is about to undergo a programme of restoration.
As part of the condition survey a drone examination of the memorial was carried out - and this also provides some wonderful views of our historic town centre. You can view the video (silent) taken by the drone here.
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 using this link.

