Rhosllannerchrugog

53.01115 - 3.0522111111111Koordinaten: 53 ° 1 ' N, 3 ° 3' W

Rhosllannerchrugog (English occasionally Rhosllanerchrugog ) is a town with about 10,000 inhabitants in the Wrexham County Borough in Wales.

History

The place name comes from the Welsh and consists of rhos ( Moor ), Llannerch ( clearing ) and grugog ( Heather ) so as much as the bog heather glade. Often the name of locality is shortened by locals to Rhos.

The village was originally in the parish of Ruabon and in 1844 part of an actual permanent parish.

The development of the town 's unit with the removal of coal seams of the North East of Wales, that lie beneath the city. That's why the place was built in the 18th century as a small mining settlement. A symbold this, the mining past and the labor movement in Rhosllannerchrugog is "The Stiwt Theatre" to watch, a former community house the miners on Broad Street. This was it built by the miners during the period of British general strike of 1926 as a social and kulkturelle meeting place for the miners community.

The Welsh revival movement had a great impact on Rhosllannerchrugog 1904. The line Beibl a Rhaw i Bobls y Rhos ( " a Bible and a spade for the people of Rhos " ) reflects the importance of both the coal industry and the churches of the culture and history of the place.

The United Kingdom Census 2001 showed that about 40 % of the inhabitants speak the Welsh language. A weekly newspaper, the Rhos Herald, was founded in 1894 by Richard Mills. Mills was originally from Llanidloes and settled with his print shop in the Hall Street. The newspaper appeared - a total of 3737 times - between 18 August 1894 and the December 31, 1966 Since the mid- 1970s appears in Welsh language community newspaper with local news, Nene. .

The National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1945 and 1961 took place in Rhosllannerchrugog and the Celtic League was founded in 1961 to take this opportunity here. The event was immortalized in the poem and song The Cross Foxes by Harri Webb, which states " In Rhosllannerchrugog we drank the pub dry" - " In Rhosllannerchrugog we dranken the pub dry".

Structures

In the village there are some architecturally important buildings. These include:

• The Stiwt Theatre. The former Miner's Institute ( Plas Mwynwyr ) was built in 1926 and dominated the social and cultural life of the mining town until its closure in 1977. The city council bought the building in 1978 and decided in 1985 to demolish, due to citizen protests, the building was preserved, however,. Finally, the renovation and opening took place as a community theater.

• Church of St John the Evangelist. This Listed Building Grade II was built in 1852 and consecrated on 4 October 1853 as the church. It is considered a good example of Neo-Romanesque architecture in the Norman style and was built with sandstone blocks and slate roof. The plan of the church is cruciform, and consists of nave, transept and choir and a bell tower in the corner between southern transept and choir. 2004, the church was closed.

• Penuel Chapel ( Capel Penuel ). The two-storey chapel was built 1856-1859; its facade of brick was added during renovations in the period before 1891. In the chapel in 1904 took the campaign by R. B. Jones during the revival movement began. One of the pastors of this chapel was Lewis Valentine, who was the chairman of Plaid Cymru 1925-1926.

Traffic

Once the village was connected by a branch line from Wrexham via Rhostyllen and Legacy of the Great Western Railway. Passenger services operated for a short time also breakpoints at the Brook Street, Pant and Wynn Hall, freight trains ran via Plas Bennion and also Acrefair Pontcysyllte after the Shropshire Union Canal. A second route branched off from Legacy and led over Ponciau and united with the main line again in Wynnville, Ruabon. These trains stopped at the Fennant Road, in Aberderfyn and Ponkey Crossing. The regular passenger services on these lines was set in the 1930s.

Rhosllannerchrugog was also the end point of a range of Wrexham and District Electric Tramway Company. This tram line began operating in 1903 and leads originally from Penybryn in Wrexham for New Inn in Johnstown, but was soon extended the Gutter Hill up to Duke Street in Rhosllannerchrugog. The depot of the company was located in Johnstown. Gradually, the trams were replaced by buses and the company finally received the name of Wrexham & District Transport Company.

In the village of several local companies have offered the public transport system with buses. The cream - red buses of Phillips & Son from Rhostyllen wrong from 1927 until its acquisition by Crosville in 1979 between Wrexham and Rhosllannerchrugog over Johnstown (for a time even after Tainant ). T. Williams & Sons talked of the 1920s to 1986, also a connection to Wrexham. The last surviving independent transport company was Wright & Son with its combination of Penycae to Wrexham, which led over Rhosllannerchrugog. When it came to deregulation in the bus and coach transport in 1986, there was a fierce competition between Wright and the much larger Crosville. Wright stopped operating in 1993, so Crosville the only provider in the region was. Crosville himself later went on into the Arriva group, which still offers a regular bus service between Rhosllannerchrugog and Wrexham.

The nearby A483 links the region with Liverpool and Manchester in the north as well as Birmingham, Swansea and Cardiff in the south.

Sons and daughters

• Robert Thomas Ellis, politicians
• Rosemarie Frankland, Miss World 1961
• Thomas William Jones, politicians
• James Idwal Jones, politicians
• Robert Roberts ( * 1865) († 1945), football player for Rhosllannerchrugog FC, ​​Crewe Alexandra FC and National player for Wales
• Llyr Williams, Pianist
• Mark Lewis Jones, Actor

Bibliography

• Hanes Rhosllannerchrugog ( "The History of Rhosllannerchrugog " ) ( 1945) J. Williams Rhosydd
• Through These Windows, A Place and Its People ( 1981) Bill Portmadoc -Jones.
• Rhos- Llannerch - Rugog: Atgofion ( "Memories of Rhosllannerchrugog " ) ( 1955) William Phillips ( 1880-1969 )
• Rhosllannerchrugog, Johnstown, Ponciau, Pen-y- cae, a collection of pictures ( 2 volumes, 1991-92 ), Dennis W Gilpin
• Language Obsolescence and Revitalization: Linguistic Change in Two Sociolinguistically Contrasting Welsh Communities (1998) Mari Jones (study of the language of Rhosllannerchrugog )