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 Castle and Castle Street
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Mold Road - Rhos Street - Brynhyfryd
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Well Street - Railway - Record Street
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Market Street - Wynnstay Road (This page)
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Market Street was built to link the town center to the railway.
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The imposing building - now to be refurbished and repurposed - was intended to house the Corn Exchange, Town Hall and Market Hall, and the planned name for the street was Exchange Street.
Economic circumstances and changes to marketing practice meant the the Corn Exchange never materialised.(but look at the interesting friezes on the facade). The single story section was due to be the market, but as long as the market continued on St. Peter's Square the traders refused to move in.
The main building was used for public meetings, shows and dances, but was closed c.2000 due to neglect. However the market has now moved in to the building, and a bright future is promised....
Foreground left was a stonemason's yard.
Ruthin Auction Mart brought custom, activity and soiled streets to the Town Centre until the 1990s.
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It was sited in the angle of Market Street and Wynnstay Road. As a market of regional importance it outgrew this site and relocated to the edge of town at Glasdir.
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The site is now largely occupied by Denbighshire County Hall and its offices.
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We no longer have the market day crowds in town - but the streets are cleaner.
Ruthin Station seen from the lower end of Market Street.
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There were - and are - some fine houses here.
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The house to the right, Fulbrook, is named after a now culverted
stream which crossed at this point - it has variously been called Foulbrook, Fowlbrook and Fulbrook.
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The imposing station has gone, and this view would now be of the Briec roundabout.
A reverse view from virtually the same spot as the picture above, looking up towards the town centre along Market Street.
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These trees have gone, but replacements have been planted.
A hero of the South African wars, General Napier, was a friend of Cornwallis West. To mark his visit to Ruthin a temporary Welcome Arch was created, for him to pass through from the station to the Castle.
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1879.