Ruthin

Ruthin is the administrative center of the county of Denbighshire in North Wales.

The town of Ruthin is located in the southern part of the Clwyd valley. The houses are grouped around a hill; the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square, located on the hill, while many younger districts are located in the floodplain of the river. The built of the red sandstone of the area Castle has its origins in 1277 when it was started to secure the city. The building survived until the 17th century; it was restored in recent times partially and is now one of the most luxurious hotels in Wales, known for medieval banquets with harp music.

History

Little is known about the history of the city before 1277. At this time, Dafydd, brother of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd had begun to build Ruthin Castle. However, he had to give up the castle when he rebelled against his brother King Edward I.. To 1281, the castle was the residence of Edward's wife Eleanor, so the system must have been largely completed at this time.

The County cantref of Deffrencloyt (Valley of Clwyd ) received the " Marcher Lord " Reginald de Grey, Justiciar of Chester; his family remained in this position for the next 226 years. A dispute between the third Baron de Grey and Owain Glyndŵr ultimately sparked the rebellion against King Henry IV of which began on September 18, 1400. Glyndwr burned first, the town of Ruthin down; only the castle and a few houses will be unharmed.

During the English Civil War, the parliamentary troops besieged the castle for eleven weeks, and dragged them afterwards. In the 19th century, parts of the plant as a country house, now the Ruthin Castle Hotel, rebuilt.

1863 reached the Vale of Clwyd Railway the city; the railway line ran from Rhyl Ruthin to Corwen about where she had connection to Llangollen and Barmouth. The railway line was officially shut down in 1963; between Ruthin and Corwen, however, were already driven out of moves by a landslide. The court, on which stood the station building is now occupied by a large roundabout and the Ruthin Craft Centre.

Cityscape

Ruthin today is a prosperous community, and gorgeous black and white half-timbered houses dominate the cityscape. They date from the 14th to the 17th centuries, and they are also steeped in history:

  • Pendref Chapel - the oldest free- church church in the city and built in 1827.
  • Old Court House - remarkable medieval building dating from the 14th century.
  • Maen Huail - very heavy stone with a depression and according to legend the scaffold, as King Arthur his adversary Huail beheaded.
  • . St. Peter 's Church - Church from the 13th and 14th century with magnificent late Gothic ceiling, consisting of 480 carved oak panels, a gift of Henry VII The magnificent wrought iron gates on the south side of the parish church are the work of the brothers Robert and John Davies; Robert Davies was the most important Welsh art forger of the 18th century.
  • Myddelton Arms - Live in the Dutch style of the 16th century with seven unusually arranged dormers, built by Sir Richard Cough.
  • Nantclwyd House - the oldest built timber-framed manor house of Ruthin from the year 1314; it should be one of two houses that were left after Owain Glyndwr had burned the city.
  • County Hall - the building was built in 1785-1790; The architect was Joseph Turner.
  • Old County Gaol - built in 1775 as a model prison of the county of Denbighshire and closed in 1916.
  • Wynnstay Arms - half-timbered house dating from the 16th century, then a " coaching inn".

Swell

  • H. E. Conrad: Wales; Prestel Verlag, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7913-0594-8, p 200
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