Images from Ruthin's Past Page under development​
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The Roger Edwards Collection
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December 2024
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Roger has provided 88 images from his collection of historical images of Ruthin. Scroll down and enjoy! Please contact us if you can offer more information on the content / date of these pictures.
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The images are mainly grouped by street /district:
Ruthin County School for Girls established 1891 - only the second Grammar School for girls in Wales.
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This photo is believed to show the entire school cohort.
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The building had been a private house and is now the Sixth Form Centre for Brynhyfryd School.
Known locally as the Brynhyfryd Schoolroom.
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Demolished in the 1970s and the site is now the road entrance to Bryn Eryl.
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The building had several uses, including meeting rooms and social facilities (e.g. billiards) and was once the base for 'Lady Huntington's Connexion' - a branch of the Calvinistic Methodists.
Rose Cottage, Rhos Street.
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A John Thomas photograph.
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This cottage has been refurbished and listed, but the adjacent buildings have gone.
Note the square of wattle and daub visible in the end wall.
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The row of cottages beyond occupy the site if what is now the road entrance to Haulfryn estate.
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Beyond can be seen part of the roof of Capel y Rhos, which still stands, until recently having been an equipment storage unit for the Post Office.
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Rhos Street School
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Shortly after opening, c,1848.
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The building is currently (2014) empty as the school has moved to a modern site at Glasdir, and its fate has yet to be determined.
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Hopefully the facade, at least, can be retained and a suitable use for the building found.
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More information on the school's history here.
The Ship Inn, Rhos Street.​
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This fine 16th/17th century building was demolished in 1968.​ Some consider its destruction to be an act of corporate vandalism.
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It was supposed to be rebuilt at the Museum of Welsh History at St. Fagans, but that failed to materialise.​
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The building was on the corner of Wernfechan (note the sign) and Rhos Street, where there is now a wider road and a small grassed area in fornt of the fish shop.
The Ship Inn, Rhos Street.​
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This interesting window of The Ship shows what we have lost in terms of a heritage building.​
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A view along Rhos Street looking towards the Mold Road.​
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The Ship is on the left, the Anchor Inn on the right. The Anchor still stands but is no longer named, having been repurposed (c. 2012? as a boarding house for Ruthin School students.
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The site of The Ship is now a road junction.
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