Ruabon - Slater's Directory 1868: Difference between revisions

The noble demesne of Wynnstay imparts great consequence to the vicinage of Ruabon: the park is extensive and highly picturesque, and the views from the mansion are very beautiful. Great alterations have been made in the mansion - a great portion having been taken down and rebuilt. Within the domain are two beautiful monuments - one erected by the late Sir Watkin in honour of his regiment, the "Ancient Britons", which with him served in Ireland during the perilous 1798; the other by the great grandmother of the present Sir Watkin in memory of her son. Still more ancient than Wynnstay is the mansion of Plas Madoc, the grounds of which are adjacent to and separated by the road and railway from those of Wynnstay. This is supposed to be one of the most ancient residences in North Wales, having been in former times, and before the subjection of Wales, a royal residence. The name '"Plas Madoc", although not uncommon in Wales, is with regard to this seat, supposed to have been handed down from that Prince of Wales who, in the 12th century, according to Welsh authorities, left this country when involved in civil wars, and sailing for the west, first discovered and colonized America. This event, commemorated in Southey's poem of "Madoc", also by Mrs. Hemans, has recently been further illustrated by a poem, entitled, "A Prince of Wales, long ago" by Lady Marshall, wherein the history of local peculiarities of this interesting border district are much dwelt upon. Plas Madoc was, for some years unoccupied, but it has been restored and greatly improved by the proprietor, G. H. Whalley, Esq., the M.P. for Peterborough. Amongst the many records of ancient and modern times, there rises also on the side of the vale a modern structure, Trevor Tower - an object of interest to travellers as being the subject of frequent notice of late years as the rendezvous for the Orangemen of Liverpool and adjacent districts, who, with others, resort here during the summer on picnic excursions. Trevor Tower is a shooting box, also belonging to Mr. Whalley, whose park and property extends over twenty miles in front and around it, and includes a district called on the ordnance plans, Cefn-y-Fedw: this is supposed to be a misreading for Cefn-y-Bedd, or the "Hill of Graves". It lies on the slope of these hills, and in the high valleys of the Eglwyseg, behind this tower. It was here that the chieftains and other leading men of Ancient Britain were brought from great distances to be buried; in fact, this was to the Britons what the vale of Jehoshaphat at Jerusalem is to the Jews -their most sacred cemetery. The parish of Ruabon, which comprises the townships of Rhos y Medre, Rhos-Llanerchrugog, Bodylltyn, Christionydd Kenrick, Coed Christionydd, Rhyddallt, Bellan, Dynhynlle lsa, and Ercha Morton (above and below), and Ruabon, contained in 1851, 11,497, and in 1861, 14,343.  

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[[Rhosymedre, Wrexham|RHOSYMEDRE]] is a village, about 1½ miles S. from Ruabon, on the Chirk road. There is a church under the establishment, and a national school, to which is added an endowment of £50, by the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart.  

=== Post Offices  ===

*Letters for Acrefair, Bronygarth, Duddleston, Garth, Overton Bridge, Newbridge and Rhosllaner-chrugog should be addressed '''''near Ruabon'''''.  

=== Nobility, Gentry and Clergy  ===

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