CYMDEITHAS HANES LLEOL RHUTHUN
RUTHIN LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Welcome to this website, run and maintained by amateurs, members of Ruthin Local History Society.
If you are prepared to explore ,you will find a large and ever-increasing range of topics related to the rich history of this wonderful town and its surrounding area.
Better still, come and visit !
Our 2025/6 programme
Completed meetings are:
October 15th: Vic Tyler-Jones: Tai Un Nos in North East Wales
November 19th: Kevin Mattias: A Medical Mixture: Aspects of the history of medicine and public health in N E Wales
January 7th: Annual General Meeting : Gareth Evans: Plas Coch, Ruthin
January 21st: Fiona Gale : Romans in N E Wales
February 25th: Dr Marian Gwyn : North Wales and West Indian Slavery
March 18th: Chantal Blackburn : John Douglas, Local Architect
Next meeting:
April 15th: Roger Edwards : Historical Photographs of Ruthin (Part 2)
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.
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 50 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 7 years of operation, we are approaching 70,000 page visits - by a world-wide audience - which we think is quite impressive.!
