CYMDEITHAS HANES LLEOL RHUTHUN
RUTHIN LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Past topics of meetings of the Society
2018 - 2019
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‘Uncovering a Medieval Castle; excavations at Tomen y Rhodwydd
Fiona Gale
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The Buildings of Ruthin.
Gareth Evans
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The Quest for Cymer-in-Edeirnion and its Barons: from medieval Plas Uchaf to Eighteenth Century Gwerclas’
Jenny Lees
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Ruthin’s Building Materials – Sources and History
Brian Hubble
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Colonel William Salesbury of Rhug before the Civil War
Sadie Jarrett
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Welsh Historic Gardens in Clwyd
Glynis Shaw
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Who was Jones?
Alister Williams
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Thank you for Rhiw Iâl Chapel, Llanarmon yn Iâl
Emrys Wynne
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Society visit to Caerfallen
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2019 - 2020
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Old Boys of Denbigh County School and the Great War 1914-1918
Dr. Paul Evans
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Thomas Gee: Media Mogul with a Message.
Bob Morris
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Pool Park and who lived there
Arnold Hughes
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Recent field work at Tomen y Faerdre and Tomen y Rhodwydd – the Castles of Ial.
Iain Grant
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Spring Meetings Cancelled.
2017 - 2018
Ruthin Castle - history, archaeology and conservation
Will Davies
The Chirk to Holyhead Road
David Richards
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The Last Ruthin Brewer
Gareth Evans
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Catrin of Berain
Helen Williams Ellis
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History in the Making - changes in Ruthin 2005-20015
Peter Daniels
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Hidden History - Roman Ruthin
Adrian Waddelove
2016 - 2017
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The Lost Watermills of the Upper Clwyd
Arnold Hughes
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Undiscovered Treasures - Tudor and Elizabethan Houses
Margaret Dunn
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The Vale of Clwyd Railway, 50 Years On..
Brian Hubble (Video presentation)
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The Castles of the Welsh princes
Rhys Mwyn
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Porth y Dwr, Ruthin
Carol Smith
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Parks, Gardens and Designed Landscapes of Medieval Wales and Shropshire
Spencer Smith
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2015- 2016
2014 - 2015
2012 - 2013
Cledrau coll: the lost railways of the Vale of Clwyd
Arnold Hughes
“Ruthin’s War Dead in the First World War – Part II (1917-18)”
Geraint Owen
The history of the Castle Hotel, Ruthin
Gareth Evans
The Roman presence in North East Wales
Jeff Spencere
Dating old houses in Denbighshire
Margaret Dunnonday,
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Life in Medieval Ruthin
Dr Matthew Stevens
2013 - 2014
The history of the Castle Hotel, Ruthin
Gareth Evans
How well do you know our War Memorial?
Gwynne Morris
William Alexander Madocks of Llangwyfan and Porthmadog
John Idris Jones
Ruthin in the time of Edward Pugh
Arnold Hughes
History of the Ruthin Football Club
Roger Edwards
2010 - 2011
The History of Well Street, Part 2
Roger Edwards
Aspects of Stuart Ruthin
D. Gareth Evans
Thomas Telford Civil Engineer Supreme
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“More Vale of Clwyd Writers”
John Idris Jones
The Drovers
Idris Evans
Edward Pugh – A Ruthin Artist
Professor John Burrell
2011 - 2012
A Brief History of Mwrog Street
Arnold Hughes
Ruthin’s War Dead in the First World War
Geraint Owen
The Star, Clwyd Street, an early Victorian Inn
Gareth Evans
Wordsworth and Hopkins in the Vale of Clwyd
John Idris Jones
The Ruthin Tithe map - Researching Field Names in the Ruthin Area
Brian Hubble
Lloyd George as Wartime Prime Minister
Rufus Adams
2008 - 2009
Ruthin’s Lost Town Walls
Arnold Hughes
Houses of Noble Poverty
Dr Raymond Bailey
The Past and Future of Nantclwyd House
Philip Ebbrell
The Ruthin English Presbyterian Church
Gwynne Morris
Heather and Hillforts
Fiona Gale
The Gentlewomen of Erddig
Kathryn Ellis
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2009 - 2010
The POW Camp at Pool Park
Arnold Hughes
“The Vale of Clwyd and Literature: an overview of writers and their location”
John Idris Jones
The Clwydian Range of Outstanding Natural Beauty
David Shiel
From Banff to Ruthin:Dr Edmund Ivens Spriggs and Duff House
David Castledine
Llangwyfan Hospital
Dr Buddug Owen
The History of Well Street
Roger Edwards