Ruabon () is a village and
community in the
county borough of Wrexham in
Wales.
More than 80% of the population of 2,400 were born in Wales with 13.6% speaking
Welsh.
The name "Rhiwabon" comes from "Rhiw Fabon", "Rhiw" being the
Welsh word for "hill" and "Fabon" being a mutation from St Mabon, the original church name, of earlier, Celtic origin (see
Mabon)." An older
English spelling, Rhuabon, can sometimes be seen.
Early history
There is evidence that a settlement existed in Ruabon in the
Bronze Age. In 1898, building works in the centre of Ruabon exposed a
cist or stone urn containing
cremated human remains dating from 2000 years
BC. In 1917, the remains of a Bronze Age
round barrow were discovered on the playing fields of
Ruabon Grammar School; they contained human remains, a
flint arrowhead and a bronze axe.
Overlooking Ruabon is
Y Gardden, an ancient
hill fort surrounded by circular ditches, dating back to the
Iron Age.
The old parish
The ancient
parish of Ruabon was made up of the townships of: Ruabon (which also included the hamlets of Belan, Bodylltyn, Hafod and Rhuddallt); Cristionydd Cynrig (also known as
Y Dref Fawr or
Cristionydd Kenrick in
English); Coed Cristionydd; Cristionydd Fechan (also known as
Y Dref Fechan or
Dynhinlle Uchaf); Dinhinlle Isaf; Morton Anglicorum (the “English Morton” or Morton Below the Dyke); and Morton Wallichorum (the “Welsh Morton” or Morton Above...
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