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RUTHIN (Rhudd ddin, " red fortress ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 941 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RUTHIN (Rhudd ddin, " red fortress ")  , a municipal and contributory See also:parliamentary See also:borough (with See also:Denbigh and See also:Holt) and See also:market See also:town of Denbighshire, N . See also:Wales, situated on a See also:hill rising from the See also:river Clwyd, 21 M. from See also:Chester, and 215 from See also:London by See also:rail . Pop . (1901) 2643 . It is on the See also:Great Western railway (Denbigh, See also:Corwen & See also:Ruthin See also:branch) . Apart from the legends of See also:Arthur and his See also:limestone See also:block (shown in the market-See also:place), the first event of See also:note in its See also:history is its connexion with the de See also:Grey de Ruthyn See also:family (the first See also:lord died 1353) . See also:Owen See also:Glendower attacked it unsuccessfully in 1400 . It was sold by the de Greys to See also:Henry VII., and See also:Elizabeth gave it to the See also:earl of See also:Warwick . In 1646, after two months' See also:siege, it was dismantled by the Parliamentarians . The new See also:castle occupies the same site, and is built of the same coloured See also:sand-See also:stone as the old . New buildings for the See also:Free See also:Grammar School (founded in 1595 by See also:Gabriel See also:Goodman, See also:dean of See also:Westminster, who also in 1590 had built the See also:hospital for twelve decayed See also:house-keepers), were opened in the town in 1893 . The old (conventual) See also:Anglican See also:church of St See also:Peter, once belonging to " See also:Les Bonshommes," and made collegiate in 1310 by See also:John de Grey, has a Perpendicular See also:north See also:aisle roof, nearly Soo panels of carved See also:oak, and cloisters which have been made into a house for the See also:warden of the hospital .

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Agriculture is the See also:staple, but there are chemical, aerated See also:waters, bricks, terra-See also:cotta and other manufactures .

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