{{infobox UK place| |country =Wales |welsh_name=Rhuthun |constituency_welsh_assembly=Clwyd West |official_name= Ruthin |latitude= 53.11561 |longitude= -3.30578 |unitary_wales= Denbighshire |lieutenancy_wales= Clwyd |constituency_westminster= Clwyd West |post_town= RUTHIN |postcode_district = LL15 |postcode_area= LL |dial_code= 01824 |os_grid_reference= SJ127854 |population= 5,218 Clwyd West is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. ... Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in North Wales. ... Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, formed from the traditional counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire, and parts of Merionethshire. ... Clwyd West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Ruthin (Welsh: Rhuthun), pronounced RITH-in (IPA: /ˈrɪθɪn//), is the county town of Denbighshire in North Wales located at UK National grid reference SJ127584, approx. 53 deg 7 min north, 3 deg 18 min west, at the junction of the trunk roads A494 (Queensferry - Mold - Ruthin - Corwen - Dolgellau) and A525 (Rhyl - Denbigh - Ruthin - Wrexham - Whitchurch - Stoke-on-Trent). The population at the 2001 census was 5,218 of whom 47% were male and 53% female. The average age of the population was 43.0 years and the population is 98.2% "white". Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... A county town is the capital of a county in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. ... Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in North Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The A494 is an important trunk road in Wales. ... Queensferry is a town in Flintshire, north Wales, lying on the River Dee near the border with England. ... Mold (Welsh: ) is a town in Flintshire, Wales, on the River Alyn. ... Corwen is a town in the administrative county of Denbighshire, traditional county of Merionethshire, north Wales, lying on the River Dee. ... Dolgellau (pronounced , occasionally ) is a market town in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the Mawddach. ... The A525 is major route from Rhyl in North Wales to Newcastle under Lyme in England. ... , Rhyl (IPA: Welsh: Y Rhyl) is a seaside town located on the Irish Sea, with a population of roughly 35,000 including the suburbs of Kinmel Bay and Rhuddlan, in the county of Denbighshire (formerly Flintshire), northeast Wales, at the mouth of the River Clwyd (Welsh: Afon Clwyd). ... This is about a town in Wales. ... This article is about Wrexham the settlement. ... Map sources for Whitchurch at grid reference SJ541415 Whitchurch is a small town in the north of the county of Shropshire. ... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Ruthin is located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the Castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of the River Clwyd (which became painfully apparent on several occasions in the late 1990s -- new flood control works costing £3 million were inaugurated in autumn 2003).^[1] The Vale of Clwyd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The River Clwyd is a river in north Wales. ...

The name 'Ruthin' comes from 'rudd' or red and 'din', the Welsh word for fort, and refers to the colour of the new red sandstone which forms the geologic basis of the area,^[2] and from which the castle was constructed in 1277-1284. The original name of Rhuthun was 'Castell Coch yng Ngwern-for' (transl: red castle in the sea-swamps).

Ruthin is one of North Wales's most affluent towns. The quaint and picturesque vicinity and the large properties within a rural setting appeal to professionals who commute daily to Chester, Liverpool and Manchester.

History

Little is known of the history of the town before construction of Ruthin Castle started in 1277. Construction was begun by Dafydd, the brother of prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, but he forfeited the castle when he rebelled against King Edward I with his brother; Edward's queen, Eleanor, was in residence in 1281, so the castle must have been habitable by then. The Marcher Lord, Reginald de Grey, Justiciar of Chester, was given the Cantref (an administrative district) of Deffrencloyt (= Dyffryn Clwyd, the Welsh for Vale of Clwyd), and his family ran the area for the next 226 years. The third Baron de Grey's land dispute with Owain Glyndŵr triggered Glyndŵr's rebellion against King Henry IV which began on 16th September) 1400, when Glyndŵr burned Ruthin to the ground, reputedly leaving only the castle and a few other buildings standing.^[3] Ruthin Castle is a medieval fortification in Wales near the town of Ruthin. ... Dafydd ap Gruffydd (c. ... Arms used by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Llywelyn ap Gruffydd or Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (c. ... Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), popularly known as Longshanks[1], also as Edward the Lawgiver or the English Justinian because of his legal reforms, and as Hammer of the Scots,[2] achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and tried to do the same to Scotland. ... For other Eleanors of England, see Eleanor of England (disambiguation) Eleanor of Castile (1241 – 28 November 1290) was the first Queen consort of Edward I of England. ... Mark or march (or various plural forms of these words) are derived from the Frankish word marka (boundary) and refer to an area along a border, e. ... The title of Baron Grey de Ruthyn (sometimes spelt Ruthin) was created in the Peerage of England by writ of summons in 1324 for Roger Grey, a son of John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton. ... This article is about Chester in England. ... Seal of Owain Glyndŵr The Arms of Powys and Deheubarth quartered, adopted by Owain Glyndŵr: Or and Gules, four Lions counterchanged Owain Glyndŵr (Pronounced IPA: ), or Owain Glyn Dŵr, anglicised by Shakespeare into Owen Glendower (c. ... Henry IV (3 April 1367 – 20 March 1413) was the King of England and France and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413. ... (Redirected from 16th September) September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... Events Henry IV quells baron rebellion and executes The Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury for their attempt to have Richard II of England restored as King Jean Froissart writes the Chronicles Medici family becomes powerful in Florence, Italy Births December 25 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of...

Nantclwyd House, in Castle Street, was built about 1435 by a local merchant Gronw ap Madoc, and is believed to be the oldest surviving town house in Wales. The building was sold to the county council in 1982, restored from 2004, and opened to the public in 2007. It contains seven rooms which have been restored to represent various periods in the buildings' history - 1475, 1620, 1690, 1740, 1891, 1916, and 1942.

A Ruthin native, Sir Thomas Exmewe was Lord Mayor of the City of London in 1517-18. His family home, Exmewe Hall, is now the town's branch of Barclays Bank, on St Peter's Square. Adjacent is the half-timbered Old Court House (built in 1401), now a branch of the NatWest Bank, which features the remains of a gibbet last used to execute a Jesuit priest, Fr Charles Meehan who had the misfortune to be shipwrecked on the Welsh coast when Catholicism was equated with treason — Fr Meehan was hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1679.^[4] Sir Thomas Exmewe was born in Ruthin, Denbighshire circa 1454 and was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1517. ... Michael Berry Savory is the current Lord Mayor of London. ... Barclays Bank headquarters One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf Barclays plc (LSE: BARC, NYSE: BCS, TYO: 8642 ) is the fourth largest bank in the United Kingdom. ... Old NatWest logo NatWest (formerly the National Westminster Bank) is the United Kingdoms third biggest bank. ... Seventeenth century print of the execution, by hanging, drawing and quartering, of the members of the Gunpowder plot. ...

Clock tower on St Peter's Square. In the background are the Myddleton Arms pub, Castle Hotel, and HSBC bank.

The Old Court House built in 1401

Nantclwyd House, (Nantclwyd-y-dre), is the oldest known town house in Wales, with timbers dated to 1435.

Another of the old buildings on St Peter's Square is Exmewe Hall, now Barclays Bank

The old Gaol is now a museum. This is a view of the courtyard.

The town War Memorial is testament to the sacrifices of the past.

Denbighshire County Council built a new headquarters building in 2004-05.

In 1574 Dr Gabriel Goodman re-founded Ruthin School which had been originally founded in 1284 and is one of the oldest public schools in the United Kingdom. Dr Goodman's investment has been well-rewarded as Ruthin School has produced a Speaker of the House of Commons, several Masters of the Rolls, an Archbishop of York and many bishops, judges and knights. In 1590, Goodman also established Christ's Hospital for 12 poor persons around St. Peter's Church on the square, and he was also Dean of Westminster for 40 years (1561-1601). Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2304 × 3072 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2304 × 3072 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2304 × 3072 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2304 × 3072 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 1. ... Gabriel Goodman (6th November 1528-17th June 1601) was the Dean of Westminster and the re-founder of Ruthin School. ... Ruthin School is one of the oldest public schools in the United Kingdom. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ...

During the English Civil War the castle survived an eleven-week siege, after which it was demolished by order of Parliament. The castle was rebuilt in the 19th century as a country house, and is now a luxury hotel, the Ruthin Castle Hotel (to distinguish it from the less expensive but still architecturally interesting Castle Hotel on St Peter's Square). From 1826 until 1921 the castle was the home of the Cornwallis-West family, members of Victorian and Edwardian high society - the Prince of Wales being a guest, as was the actress Mrs Patrick Campbell. George Cornwallis-West became the stepfather of Sir Winston Churchill, despite being only 17 days older than him, the antics at the castle no doubt causing some degree of scandal to the townsfolk at the time. George Cornwallis-West's sister, Mary-Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West, became Daisy, Princess of Pless in Germany. For other uses, see English Civil War (disambiguation). ... Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910. ... Mrs. ... George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West (1874-1951) was a British officer of the Scots Guards notable for his marriage to the mother of Winston Churchill, Jennie Jerome. ... Churchill redirects here. ... Daisy, Princess of Pless, born Mary-Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West (28 June 1873-29 June 1943) was a noted society beauty in the Edwardian period. ...

The first House of Correction, or Bridewell, was built at the bottom of Clwyd Street, next to the river, in 1654, to replace the Old Court House, where able-bodied idlers and the unemployed were sent to do work. Following John Howard's investigations into prison conditions the Denbighshire justices resolved to build a new model prison in Ruthin on the site of the old Bridewell. Work began in January 1775. In 1802 the prison had four cells for prisoners and nine rooms for debtors. The prison was enlarged in 1802, 1812, 1824-5, and 1837, by which time it could hold 37 inmates. The Prisons Act of 1865 set new standards for the design of prisons — as the Ruthin County Gaol did not meet the standards plans were drawn up for a new four-storey wing, and the new prison accommodating up to 100 prisoners, in the style of London's Pentonville Prison was built at a cost of £12,000. On 1 April 1878 the Ruthin County Gaol became HM Prison Ruthin, covering the counties of Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Merionethshire. As far as is known, only one person was ever executed in the prison, William Hughes of Denbigh, aged 42, who was hanged on 17 February 1903 for the murder of his wife, his plea of insanity having failed. Another colourful prison personality was John Jones, known as Coch Bach y Bala – the little redhead from Bala, who was a kleptomaniac and poacher who had spent more than half his 60 years in all the prisons of north Wales and many in England; he twice escaped from Ruthin Gaol, first on 30 November 1879 when he walked out of prison with three others while the staff were having supper — a £5 reward was offered for his capture, which happened the following 3 January. On 30 September 1913 he tunnelled out of his cell and using a rope made out of his bedding he climbed over the roof of the chapel and kitchen and got over the wall; after seven days living rough on the Nantclwyd Estate several miles away, Jones was shot in the leg by one of his pursuers, 19 year old Reginald Jones-Bateman. Jones died of shock and blood loss, while Jones-Bateman was charged with manslaughter, though the charges were subsequently dropped. John Howard (September 2, 1726 - January 20, 1790) was a philanthropist and the first English prison reformer. ... Pentonville is an area of London in the borough of Islington, around the Pentonville Road. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in North Wales. ... Flintshire (Welsh: ) is a principal area and county in north-east Wales. ... Merionethshire (Meirionnydd in Welsh) is a traditional county of Wales. ... is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Ruthin Gaol ceased to be a prison in 1916 when the prisoners and guards were transferred to Shrewsbury. The County Council bought the buildings in 1926 and used part of them for offices, the county archives, and the town library. During the Second World War the prison buildings were used as a munitions factory, before being handed back to the County Council afterwards, when it was the headquarters of the Denbighshire Library Service. In 2002 the Gaol was extensively renovated and reopened as a museum. For other places with the same name, see Shrewsbury (disambiguation). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

In its' 18th century heyday as a town on drovers' routes from Wales into England, Ruthin was reputed to have "a pub for every week of the year". By 2007 there are eleven pubs in the town, and in November 2007 a planning application was made to convert the Grade II*-listed Castle Hotel into a branch of the J.D. Wetherspoon pub chain.^[5] Drovers road is the term used for an ancient route for the long distance driving of animals on the hoof to market in the British Isles[1] and some other world regions. ... The Forth Bridge, designed by Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler, opened in 1890, and now owned by Network Rail, is designated as a Category A listed building by Historic Scotland. ... The Moon Under Water in Hounslow J. D. Wetherspoon plc (LSE: JDW) (commonly referred to as Wetherspoons or spoons) is a British pub chain founded by Tim Martin. ...

The first copies of the Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, were printed in what is now the Siop Nain tea and gift shop on Well Street. A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a countrys government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people. ... Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (pronounced , usually translated as land of our fathers init, but literally old country of my fathers) is, by tradition, the national anthem of Wales. ...

In 1863 the Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway, which linked in Denbigh with the Vale of Clwyd Railway (subsequently part of the London and North Western Railway, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and British Rail) reached the town — the route ran from Rhyl on the north coast, through Denbigh, and Ruthin to Corwen where the line joined a route from Ruabon through Llangollen, Corwen, and Bala to Barmouth. The railway closed in 1963 as part of the Beeching Axe, although services between Ruthin and Corwen had been abandoned several years earlier following a landslip. The site of the town's railway station is now occupied by a large road roundabout (Briec Roundabout) and the Ruthin Craft Centre which opened in 1982, where there were 10 studios occupied by craftsmen who could be observed by tourists working at e.g. glass blowing, ceramic manufacture, painting, furniture restoration, etc. The Craft Centre was demolished early in 2007, and a new Craft Centre is scheduled to open in 2008 in a £4.3 million scheme which will contain six craft workshops, larger galleries and an expanded craft retail gallery, two residency studios, an education space and a tourist information centre, as well as a restaurant.^[6] The Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway was a standard-gauge line which connected Corwen with Denbigh via Ruthin. ... The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ... , Rhyl (IPA: Welsh: Y Rhyl) is a seaside town located on the Irish Sea, with a population of roughly 35,000 including the suburbs of Kinmel Bay and Rhuddlan, in the county of Denbighshire (formerly Flintshire), northeast Wales, at the mouth of the River Clwyd (Welsh: Afon Clwyd). ... Ruabon (Welsh: Rhiwabon) is a small village south of Wrexham in north Wales. ... Llangollen (IPA: ) is a small town in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, situated on the River Dee and on the edge of the Berwyn mountains. ... Bala is a market town in Gwynedd, Wales, formerly an urban district of Merionethshire. ... Barmouth (Welsh: Abermaw (formal); Y Bermo (colloquial)) is a town in the administrative county of Gwynedd, traditional county of Merionethshire, north-western Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. ... Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Governments attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running the British railway system. ... Briec (formerly Briec-de-lOdet, in Breton Brieg) is a commune in the département of Finistère, in Brittany, north-west France. ...

Sir Henry Haydn Jones MP (1863-1950) politician, slate quarry owner, and owner of the Talyllyn Railway was brought up in the town. He is immortalised for children as Sir Handel, owner of the Skarloey Railway in Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Series. Sir Henry Haydn Jones (1863-1950) was a Liberal politician. ... The Talyllyn Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Talyllyn) is a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge preserved railway line running for 7 miles (11. ... Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, (June 15, 1911 – March 21, 1997), better known as the Reverend W. Awdry, was a clergyman, railway enthusiast and childrens author. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: The Railway Series The Railway Series is a set of story books about a fictional railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor and the engines that lived on it. ...

On 6 June 1947 Władysław Raczkiewicz, the first president of the Polish government in exile, died in Ruthin. He was buried in the Polish Cemetery in Newark, Nottinghamshire. is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Term of Office from September 30, 1939 until June 6, 1947 Profession Lawyer Political Party none (BBWR) First Lady not married Date of Birth January 28, 1885 Place of Birth Kutaisi, Georgia Date of Death June 6, 1947 Place of Death Wales, United Kingdom WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Raczkiewicz (January 28... The Government of the Polish Republic in Exile was the government of Poland after the country had been occupied by Germany and the Soviet Union during September-October 1939. ... Newark (also Newark-on-Trent) is a town in Nottinghamshire, located on the River Trent. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ...

The town's principal educational establishment is Ysgol Brynhyfryd (Brynhyfryd School), the local comprehensive school for 11-18 year olds. It was founded in 1898 as Ruthin County School for Girls (the town's boys travelling five miles by train to Denbigh High School, and vice versa). The school went co-educational with feeder junior schools up to around six miles away in 1938 under the English form of its name, but it has generally been known by the Welsh form of its name since the mid 1970s. The school underwent significant phases of building work in the 1950s, early 1970s (when the number of pupils increased from 700 to 1000 in a few years, when the minimum school leaving age was raised from 15 to 16), and 2001-2 before which it had a record breaking number of mobile classrooms. The school's sports facilities including the swimming pool are used as the town's Leisure Centre, and it also features a theatre and arts complex, Theatr John Ambrose, named after the much respected late headmaster of the school in the 1980s and 1990s, which was opened by the actor Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, etc.) a former pupil of Ysgol Maes Garmon in Mold, but brought up in Ruthin. Brynhyfryd caused controversy in recent years with the introduction of the Welsh Baccalureate. Rhys Ifans IPA: (born 22 July 1968) is an award winning Welsh actor. ...

Ruthin hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1868 and 1973. The Urdd National Eisteddfod visited Ruthin in 2006. The Eisteddfod (literally sitting) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ...

On 13 June 1981 Ruthin hosted the Annual General Meeting of the International Football Association Board, the body which determines the Laws of the Game of the world's most popular sport. ^[7] is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The International Football Association Board (IFAB) (also known as or simply The International Board) is the body that determines the Laws of the Game of association football (soccer). ...

Notable recent residents

• Actors Rhys Ifans and his brother Llyr Evans come from Ruthin as does Rhys Meirion the ENO opera singer.
• The poet and chair winner Robin Llwyd ab Owain has lived in Ruthin since 1979; he won the chair of the National Eisteddfod at nearby Mold in 1991.
• Cynthia Lennon, first wife of John Lennon settled in Ruthin and opened the Manor House Restaurant, Well Street. (Julian Lennon attended Ruthin School).
• Footballer and actor Vinnie Jones qualified to play for Wales through his grandfather coming from Ruthin.
• Formula 1 racing driver Tom Pryce was born and raised in Ruthin.
• Elton John's half-brother lives in the town.
• Seren Gibson, current page 3 favourite.

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Spelling and pronunciation

Ruthin is the traditional English-language spelling of the town's name, and is locally pronounced /'rɪθɪn/ ("RITH-in"). This is virtually identical to the pronunciation of the Welsh-language form of the name, "Rhuthun", except that the "r" is aspirated in Welsh. However many English-speakers frequently mispronounce the name as "rooth-in" (as in the girl's name "Ruth"). In 2007 this led one local blog to suggest adopting the Welsh spelling for all purposes, in the same way that "Conwy" has supplanted "Conway", or "Caernarfon" has replaced "Carnarvon". ^[8] This article is about the town. ... Caernarfon (the original Welsh spelling is now almost always used in preference to the anglicised forms, Caernarvon or Carnarvon) is a royal town in north-west Wales. ...

Sport

The local football team is Ruthin Town F.C. Ruthin Town Football Club are a Welsh football club, based at the Memorial Playing Fields in Ruthin, Denbighshire, and are one of the most popular sports clubs in Ruthin with over 50 supporters worldwide. ...

The local rugby team is Ruthin/Rhuthun R.F.C - (mini, youth,3rds,2nds,1st,women's) http://www.rygbirhuthun.com/

Civic Relations

Ruthin is twinned with Briec, Brittany.^[9] Briec (formerly Briec-de-lOdet, in Breton Brieg) is a commune in the département of Finistère, in Brittany, north-west France. ... Historical province of Brittany, showing the main areas with their name in Breton language The traditional flag of Brittany (the Gwenn-ha-du), formerly a Breton nationalist symbol but today used as a general civic flag in the region. ...

References

1. ^ Ruthin flood defence plan unveiled. BBC Online (2001-11-07). Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
2. ^ Thomas Nicholas. Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
3. ^ Northall, John. Ruthin castle. Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
4. ^ Enjoy Mediaeval Denbighshire - Ruthin. Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
5. ^ Good or Bad News?. Rhuthun / Ruthin blog. Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
6. ^ £3.1m for craft centre's renewal. BBC North East Wales news. BBC. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
7. ^ InfoPlus: IFAB (pdf). Retrieved on 2007-01-21.
8. ^ Why not "Rhuthun"?. Rhuthun / Ruthin blog. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.
9. ^ Rhuthun - Brieg twin towns. Retrieved on 2007-08-14.

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• Ruthin Show Society website
• Ordnance Survey Geograph - dozens of photos of Ruthin
• Paranormal Nights - Ruthin Gaol Investigation - COMING SOON