Rhuddlan
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 18 ′ N , 3 ° 28 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 4296 | ||
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| Post town | RHUDDLAN | ||
| ZIP code section | LL18 | ||
| prefix | 01745 | ||
| Part of the country | Wales | ||
| Preserved County | Clwyd | ||
| Unitary authority | Denbighshire | ||
Rhuddlan is a small town with community status in Denbighshire in north Wales .
location
The city lies in the coastal plain at the mouth of the River Clwyd south east of Abergele , north of St Asaph and south of Rhyl . The center of the city is on the east bank of the river.
history
The city's name is composed of the Welsh rhudd and glan , meaning red bank , which refers to the earth on the banks of the River Clwyd, which flows into the Irish Sea about 3 miles northwest of the city .
The Commote Rhuddlan was located in the Welsh Cantref Tegeingl and was fought for centuries between Welsh and Anglo-Saxons or Anglo- Normans . In 796 the battle of Morfa Rhuddlan between the Saxons under Offa of Mercien and the Welsh under Caradog ap Meirion of Gwynedd took place near today's city , which ended in a Saxon victory. At the beginning of the 10th century, King Edward the Elder of Wessex built the first fortification at the mouth of the Clwyd. Around 1071 the Norman Robert of Tilleul conquered the region and from 1073 he built Rhuddlan Castle , after which it was later named. A small English borough was established around the castle , in which English coins were minted until 1087. A first church was built in the settlement around 1080. Around 1140 the castle and settlement were conquered by Owain Gwynedd, recaptured by King Henry II in 1157 and again conquered by Owain Gwynedd in 1167. 1241 was Rhuddlan by King Henry III. conquered, who again set up a royal mint in the settlement. In 1258 a Dominican monastery was founded near Rhuddlan , which was dissolved during the Reformation in 1538. After the Treaty of Montgomery in 1267, Rhuddlan fell back to Gwynedd until it was conquered by King Edward I in 1277 during the campaign . Llywelyn ap Gruffydd , the Prince of Wales, had to surrender to the English king in Rhuddlan. Edward I began the construction of the new Rhuddlan Castle, which became part of his chain of castles for ruling conquered Wales . In the north of the castle, the king had a new city built as planned from 1277, which was to serve as a bastide together with the castle as a fortress, but was ultimately only fortified with earth walls, palisades and moats. Originally the king also wanted to move the bishopric of the diocese of St Asaph to Rhuddlan, but had to abandon this plan because of the resistance of the Archbishop of Canterbury. After his second campaign to conquer Wales , Edward I issued the statute of Rhuddlan in 1284 , with which he concluded the conquest of Wales. In 1283 the settlement had already received a royal charter . During the Owain Glyndŵr rebellion in 1400, the city was sacked and destroyed. A wooden bridge over the River Clwyd was first mentioned in the 13th century, thus forming the only access to the city from the west. The wooden bridge was replaced by a stone bridge around 1358. In 1595 the old stone bridge was replaced by a new one, which is still partially preserved today.
In 1850 the national ice eddfod took place in Rhuddlan. In 1858 the passenger service of the Vale of Clwyd Railway was started, which ran from Rhyl to St Asaph. In 1894 the borough was dissolved and became part of the Rural District of Rhuddlan. After the dissolution of County Flintshire in 1974 Rhuddlan was again an independent borough with a councilor and mayor in the County of Clwyd . In 1996, however, the city lost its independence and has since been part of the newly formed Denbigshire unitary authority .
Attractions
- Rhuddlan Castle, one of the castles built by Edward I in Wales,
- the Church of St Mary , built between the 14th and 16th centuries ,
- Parliament House , in which, according to an inscription, the king held his council meeting in 1283 and passed the Rhuddlan's statute, for which there is no further evidence.
traffic
The A547 from Abergele to Prestatyn and the A525 from Rhyl to St Asaph lead past Rhuddlan . The passenger rail traffic of the Vale of Clwyd Railway was set in 1955, in 1962 the railway line was completely closed.
sons and daughters of the town
- Philip Jones Griffiths (1936–2008), Vietnam War photographer
- Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (1282–1316), Countess of Holland, daughter of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile
- David Vaughan (born 1983), Welsh football player
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