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The description and list of names below have been extracted for

Ruthin, Denbighshire
(1835)

[ Mold  |  Ruabon  |  Ruthin 1844  |  Wrexham ]

from the
PIGOT & CO. DIRECTORY
2. Midland
1835
North Wales section

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Ruthin is a market town, in the parish and hundred of its name, in the county of Denbigh; 206 miles N.W. from London, 21 w. by s. from Chester, 46 N.W. from Shrewsbury, and 8 s. by e. from Denbigh; most delightfully situate in the Vale of Clwyd, and on the river of that name, over which is a neat bridge.

The town is of great antiquity, and has suffered at various times from the broils of its chiefs, but Owen Glendwr surpassed them in revenging his wrongs, which he imputed to Lord Gray, of Ruthin. Having entered the town on the 20th of September, 1400, and unfortunately it being the fair day, he and his followers plundered the people, and then burnt the town. The site of the ancient castle now supports a splendid modern edifice, in the castellated style, erected by the Hon. Frederick West.

The present town consists chiefly of one street, about a mile in length, which is embellished with several public buildings; among which is the town-hall, a spacious and handsome edifice, in which the great assizes for the county, and a court-leet are held twice a year; besides a court for the recovery of debts to any amount, and for the trial of real personal actions every fortnight. The county gaol is a neat, strong, and well-constructed building. The town is governed by two aldermen, who are annually elected; and the burgesses, in conjunction with those of Denbigh, Wrexham, and Holt, enjoy the privilege of returning one member to parliament.

The church, a large, handsome and venerable pile, is dedicated to St. Peter: the living is a wardenship, in the patronage of the dean and chapter of Westminster; the present warden is the Rev. Richard Newcome, M.A., who is also rector of the parishes of Llanwroe and Llanrhydd. The other places of worship are four commodious chapels for dissenters.

The principal charitable institution is Ruthin free grammar school, founded in the time of Queen Elizabeth, by Dr. Gabriel Goodman, dean of Westminster (who also endowed an almshouse, designated Christ's hospital). From this school many eminent and distinguished scholars have been produced; among those who have filled high office situations, both in church and state, educated here, might be mentioned Dr. John Williams, lord keeper and archbishop of York; Dr. Josiah Tucker, dean of Gloucester, and that able and learned lawyer, the late Lord Kenyon.

The splendid mansion of Lord Bagot, in Pool park; and many other seats, with which this neighbourhood is studded, add greatly to the beauty of the surrounding scenery. Within a short distance of Ruthin, on the summit of the highest of the Glwydian mountains, is a large tower, erected to commemorate the period when his late Majesty George III. completed the 50th year of his reign.

The market-days are Monday and Saturday, for corn and provisions, and two large markets are held on the next Monday but one before and after Christmas day. The fairs are on the 19th of March, the Friday before Whit-Sunday, 8th of August, 30th of September, and 10th of November, for cattle and pediary.

The parish contained, in 1821, 1,294 inhabitants, and in 1831, 3,376; this great increase is attributed to part of Llanfrog parish being added to that of Ruthin, which was not in the government returns for the latter parish at the census taken in 1821.

Post Office, Clwyd-street, Samuel Jones, Post Master. — Letters from LONDON and all parts (ST. ASAPH excepted) arrive every evening at a quarter past six, and are despatched every morning at a quarter past eight. — Letters from ST. ASAPH arrive every morning at eight, and are despatched every evening at a quarter past six.

Coaches
To BARMOUTH, the Wonder (from Chester) calls at the Cross Keys, every Tuesday & Friday forenoon at eleven, during summer, and in winter on Tuesday; goes through Bala and Dolgelley.
To CHESTER, the Wonder (from Barmouth) every Tuesday & Friday afternoon at three, during the summer, and in winter on Tuesday; goes thro' Mold.
To CHESTER and LIVERPOOL, a Light Coach, from the Cross Keys and Wynnstay Arms, alternately every morning (Sunday excepted) at seven, during the winter, and six in summer; goes through Mold to the King's Ferry.
To RHYL, a Car, from the Eagles, every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning at seven, during the bathing season, to meet the Steam Packets from Liverpool, and returns to Ruthin, the same night.

Carriers
To CHESTER & LIVERPOOL, Edwd. Harker & Ann Jones, from their houses, every Monday and Thursday.
To DENBIGH, John Jones, from his house, every Wednesday — and Ann Roberts, from the Old White Horse, Mon.

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List of names

PLEASE NOTE: The directory grouped entries into trades and professions, but here they are listed alphabetically so that names are easier to find — this reveals a few individuals listed in more than one category. The grouping in which they were originally listed is given in brackets. Inns and public houses are picked out in green. Original spellings have not been altered... any typos excepted :)

ABLETT, Joseph, esq. Llanbedr (nobility, gentry and clergy)
ADAMS, George, esq. Castle st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
ARNOTT - see Nicholls & Arnott
ASHTON, James, esq. Llanrhydd (nobility, gentry and clergy)

BAGOT, the Right Honourable Lord, Pool park (nobility, gentry and clergy)
BAGOT, Hon. William, M.P., Pool park (nobility, gentry and clergy)
BAKER, Ann, mistress, National School, Borthyn (academies and schools)
BEEVER, —, esq. Castle st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
BEEVER, Jonathan, esq. Cefncoch (nobility, gentry and clergy)
BRYAN, John, OLD WHITE HORSE, Market place (taverns & public houses)

CADDOCK, William, Llanrhydd (nail makers)
CLUBBE, Edward, Mwrog st (stone masons)
COLE, William, Castle st (attorneys)

DAVIES & ROBERTS, Market place (milliners & dress makrs.)
DAVIES, David, Clwyd st (maltsters)
DAVIES, David, EAGLES, Clwyd st (taverns & public houses)
DAVIES, David*, Market place (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
DAVIES, David, Market place (ironmongers);
DAVIES, Edward, CROSS KEYS (and cars for hire), Well st (inns)
DAVIES, Edward, Well st (wine & spirit merchants)
DAVIES, Edward, Well st (braziers and tin-plate workers)
DAVIES, John, esq. Bearthe (nobility, gentry and clergy)
DAVIES, John, Market place (coopers)
DAVIES, John, Market place (joiners)
DAVIES, John, Well st (painters – house, sign, &c.)
DAVIES, Margaret, Mwrog st (nail makers)
DAVIES, Richard, NEW INN, Mwrog st (taverns & public houses)
DAVIES, Thos., earthenware dealer, Clwyd st (miscellaneous)
DAVIES, Thomas, Clwyd st (boot and shoe makers)
DAVIES, Thomas, Mwrog st (butchers)
DAVIES, William, Upper Clwyd st (academies and schools)
DENMAN, John, esq. Bryn y ffynnon (nobility, gentry and clergy)
DOWNWARD, Thomas, esq. Bathafern (nobility, gentry and clergy)

EDWARDS, David, Chester st (butchers)
EDWARDS, David, Chester st (retailers of beer)
EDWARDS, Evan, Llanrhydd (blacksmiths)
EDWARDS, Hugh, Well st (hatters)
EDWARDS, Robert, Well st (butchers)
ELLIS, John, slater, Well st (miscellaneous)
ELLIS, Robert, Market place (butchers)
ELLIS, Robert, Market place (druggists)
EDWARDS, Thomas, Upper Clwyd st (hatters)
EVANS, John, Nantclwyd (maltsters)
EVANS, Richard, ROYAL OAK, Clwyd st (taverns & public houses)
EVANS, Thomas, Llanrhydd st (retailers of beer)
EVANS, William, Clwyd st (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
EVANS, William, Clwyd st (straw hat makers)/p>

FAY - see Jones, Humphreys & Fay
FOULKES, Thomas, Upper Clwyd st (bakers & flour dealers)

GRIFFITH, Morris, Well st (boot and shoe makers)
GRIFFITHS, Robert (& tawer), Clwyd st (tallow chandlers)
GRIFFITHS, Thomas, esq. Well st (nobility, gentry and clergy)

HANMER, Margaret, CROWN, Well st (taverns & public houses)
HARKER, Edward - see Carriers (to Chester & Liverpool) in description above
HORNE, —, esq. Borthyn (nobility, gentry and clergy)
HUGHES, the Misses, Castle st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
HUGHES, Dorothy, Clwyd st (milliners & dress makrs.)
HUGHES, Henry, MACHINE HOUSE, Well st (taverns & public houses)
HUGHES, James, esq. Castle st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
HUGHES, Joseph, Clwyd st (gardeners & seedsmen)
HUGHES, Joseph, Clwyd st (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
HUGHES, Rev. Thomas, Clwyd st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
HUGHES, Thomas, Market place (plumbers & glaziers)
HUGHES, Thomas, HARP, Market place (taverns & public houses)
HUGHES, Wm., LABOUR-IN-VAIN, Mwrog st (taverns & public houses)
HUGHES, William, Mwrog st (wheelwrights)
HUMPHREYS - see Jones, Humphreys & Fay
HUMPHREYS, Peter, DUKE OF YORK, Mwrog st (taverns & public houses)
HUMPHREYS, Thomas (& upholsterer), Clwyd st (tailors)

JONES, HUMPHREYS & FAY, Castle st (attorneys)
JONES, Ann - see Carriers (to Chester & Liverpool) in description above
JONES, Charles, Well st (boot and shoe makers)
JONES, Charles Goodman, Well st (boot and shoe makers)
JONES, Charles Goodman, Well st (retailers of beer)
JONES, Charles Woodfin, Castle st (painters – house, sign, &c.)
JONES, David, Chester st (wheelwrights)
JONES, David, Clwyd st (watch & clock makers)
JONES, David, Mwrog st (retailers of beer)
JONES, David, Mwrog st (nail makers)
JONES, Edward (and clerk to the trustees of the Ruthin, Denbigh, Mold and Wrexham roads), Brynhyfryd (attorneys)
JONES, Edward, Borthyn (blacksmiths)
JONES, Edward, Byontuchel (butchers)
JONES, Edward, Clwyd st (blacksmiths)
JONES, Edward, Clwyd st (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
JONES, Edward, Market place (boot and shoe makers)
JONES, Edward, Mill st (blacksmiths)
JONES, Edward, Upper Clwyd st (tailors)
JONES, Edward, Well st (boot and shoe makers)
JONES, Edward, Well st (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
JONES, Edward, Well st (flax dressers)
JONES, Edward, Well st (maltsters)
JONES, Edward, GOLDEN HART, Well st (taverns & public houses)
JONES, Miss Eliza, Well st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
JONES, Mrs. Elizabeth, Castle st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
JONES, Elizabeth, Clwyd st (academies and schools)
JONES, Elizabeth, HORSE SHOE, Mwrog st (taverns & public houses)
JONES, Ellis, GOLDEN LION, Well st (taverns & public houses)
JONES, Henry, Market place (linen & woollen drapers)
JONES, Hugh, Well st (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
JONES, Humphrey, Mwrog st (tanners)
JONES, Rev. James, Llanfair (nobility, gentry and clergy)
JONES, James, Clwyd st (plumbers & glaziers)
JONES, Jane, Well st (milliners & dress makrs.)
JONES, John - see Carriers (to Denbigh) in description above
JONES, John, keeper, County Gaol, Clwyd st (miscellaneous)
JONES, John, esq. Record st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
JONES, Rev. John, Llanganhafal (nobility, gentry and clergy)
JONES, John, Market place (bakers & flour dealers)
JONES, John, toy dealer, Market place (miscellaneous)
JONES, John, Mwrog st (boot and shoe makers)
JONES, John, Well st (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
JONES, Margaret, Well st (straw hat makers)
JONES, Peter, Chester st (boot and shoe makers)
JONES, Philip, Llanrhydd st (gardeners & seedsmen)
JONES, Richard, Clwyd st (blacksmiths)
JONES, Richard, Clwyd st (retailers of beer)
JONES, Rev. Robert, Llanrhydd (nobility, gentry and clergy)
JONES, Robert (& printer, bookseller & stationer), Upper Clwyd st (auctioneers)
JONES, Roger, Market place (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
JONES, Roger, Market place (ironmongers)
JONES, Samuel - see Post Office in description above
JONES, Samuel, organist, Clwyd st (miscellaneous)
JONES, Sarah, Clwyd st (academies and schools)
JONES, Thomas, TALBOT, Clwyd st (taverns & public houses)
JONES, Thomas, Castle st (surgeons)
JONES, Thomas, Mwrog st (painters – house, sign, &c.)
JONES, Thomas, Well st (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
JONES, Thomas, Well st (maltsters)
JONES, Thomas, Well st (retailers of beer)
JONES, Mr. William, Record st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
JONES, William, Mwrog st (gardeners & seedsmen)
JONES, Wm. (& car maker), Well st (wheelwrights)
JOYCE, James, Clwyd st (watch & clock makers)
JOYCE, John & Robert, Well st (watch & clock makers)

KENRICK, Henry, esq. Nantclwydd (nobility, gentry and clergy)
KENRICK, Thomas, esq. Nantclwydd (nobility, gentry and clergy)
KNOCK, James, Clwyd st (gardeners & seedsmen)

LANGFORD, Thomas, Well st (butchers)
LANGFORD, Thomas, ANTELOPE, Well st (taverns & public houses)
LEWIS, Evan, Market place (braziers and tin-plate workers)
LEWIS, Hugh, BLACK HORSE, Market place (taverns & public houses)
LEWIS, Jane, Clwyd st (milliners & dress makrs.)
LEWIS, John, Mwrog st (tailors)
LEWIS, Mr. John, Pentrecaelyn (nobility, gentry and clergy)
LLOYD, Ann, RED LION, Clwyd st (taverns & public houses)
LLOYD, Ellis, Clwyd st (plumbers & glaziers)
LLOYD, Ellis, jun. Market place (plumbers & glaziers)
LLOYD, Isaac, Well st (boot and shoe makers)
LLOYD, Jane, KING'S HEAD, Upper Clwyd st (taverns & public houses)
LLOYD, John, Clwyd st (painters – house, sign, &c.)
LLOYD, John, Mwrog st (butchers)
LLOYD, Margaret & Grace, WHITE HORSE, Market place (taverns & public houses)
LLOYD, Robert (and chymist, & soda water manufacturer), Well st (druggists)
LLOYD, Robert, WHITE SWAN, Well st (taverns & public houses)
LLOYD, William, Clwyd st (boot and shoe makers)

MAGIN, Arthur, Clwyd st (linen & woollen drapers)
MAYSMORE, Mrs. Alice, Well st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
MAYSMORE, Widow, Denbigh road (millers)
MORRIS, John, Clwyd st (tailors)
MORRIS, John, UNICORN, Clwyd st (taverns & public houses)
MORRIS, Mr. Thomas, Well st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
MORRIS, William, Mwrog st (butchers)

NEWCOME, Rev. Richard, Cloisters (nobility, gentry and clergy)
NICHOLLS & ARNOTT, Castle st (surgeons)
NICHOLLS, Robert, jun. Market place (surgeons)

OVERTON, Thomas (and inspector of weights & measures), Clwyd st (auctioneers)
OWEN, Rev. Francis, Efenechtyd (nobility, gentry and clergy)
OWEN, Zaccheus, Market place (plumbers & glaziers)

PARRY, Ann, BOAR'S HEAD, Clwyd st (taverns & public houses)
PARRY, Daniel, Borthyn (stone masons)
PARRY, David, Penforddwr (butchers)
PARRY, Henry*, Well st (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
PARRY, Henry, Well st (linen & woollen drapers)
PARRY, James, esq. Eyarthucha (nobility, gentry and clergy)
PARRY, John, Clwyd st (watch & clock makers)
PEERS, Col. Joseph, Plasnewydd (nobility, gentry and clergy)
PEERS, Jos., jun. actuary, Savings' Bank, Castle st — (attendance every Monday) (miscellaneous)
PEERS, Joseph, jun. (and clerk to the magistrates, & clerk of the peace for the county of Denbigh, and agent for the Manchester fire office), Castle st (attorneys)
PIERCE, John, Clwyd st (retailers of beer)
PIERCE, Thos., CORPORATION ARMS, Castle st (taverns & public houses)
PIERCE, Thomas, Castle st (tallow chandlers)
POVALL, Henry Evans, Market place (linen & woollen drapers)
PRICE, Simon & Sons, Clwyd st (joiners)
PRICE, William, Clwyd st (retailers of beer)

RICHARDS, Thomas, Llanrhydd (joiners)
ROBERTS - see Davies & Roberts
ROBERTS, the Misses, Record st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
ROBERTS, Ann - see Carriers (to Denbigh) in description above
ROBERTS, Cath. & Mary, Mwrog st (milliners & dress makrs.)
ROBERTS, Edward, Mwrog st (tanners)
ROBERTS, Rev. Ellis, Llanynys (nobility, gentry and clergy)
ROBERTS, Hugh, Mwrog st (maltsters)
ROBERTS, Hugh, Mwrog st (maltsters)
ROBERTS, Hugh, brewer, Mwrog st (miscellaneous)
ROBERTS, Hugh, Mwrog st (tanners)
ROBERTS, John, Clwyd st (coopers)
ROBERTS, John, Clwyd st (maltsters)
ROBERTS, John, BOOT, Clwyd st (taverns & public houses)
ROBERTS, John, Clwyd st (tailors)
ROBERTS, John, Mwrog st (nail makers)
ROBERTS, John, Upper Clwyd st (hair dressers)
ROBERTS, John, Well st (attorneys)
ROBERTS, John, Well st (curriers)
ROBERTS, Joseph, Well st (tailors)
ROBERTS, Margaret, SPREAD EAGLES, Upper Clwyd st (taverns & public houses)
ROBERTS, Richard, Castle st (boot and shoe makers)
ROBERTS, Richard*, Market place (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
ROBERTS, Richard, Market place (maltsters)
ROBERTS, Richard, Mwrog st (stone masons)
ROBERTS, Richard, HORNS, Myrog st (taverns & public houses)
ROBERTS, Robert, Mwrog st (stone masons)
ROBERTS, Roger, Upper Clwyd st (curriers)
ROBERTS, Roger, PRINCE OF WALES, Upper Clwyd st (taverns & public houses)
ROBERTS, Thomas, Upper Clwyd st (retailers of beer)
ROBERTS, Thomas, Upper Clwyd st (wheelwrights)
ROGERS, Samuel, Market place (hair dressers)
ROGERS, Samuel, Market place (retailers of beer)
ROWLAND, David, Clwyd st (millers)

SMART, John, WYNNSTAY ARMS, Well st (inns)
SIMON, Daniel*, Market place (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
SIMON, Daniel, Market place (wine & spirit merchants)
SIMON, John, Mwrog st (hatters)
SIMON, John, land surveyor, Well st (miscellaneous)
SIMON, Mary, OLD COFFEE HOUSE, Upper Clwyd st (taverns & public houses)
SIMON, Richard, Mwrog st (hatters)
SIMON, Thomas, Mwrog st (hatters)

THELWALL, Bevis, esq. Brynffynon (nobility, gentry and clergy)
THELWALL, Rev. Edward, Llanbedr (nobility, gentry and clergy)
THOMAS, Harriet, ANCHOR, Well st (taverns & public houses)
THOMAS, John, Mwrog st (stone masons)
TREHEARN, William, Market place (bakers & flour dealers)
TURNER, Edward, Mill st (nail makers)
TURNOR, Thomas, esq. Pool park (nobility, gentry and clergy)
TURNOR, Walter, esq. Pool park (nobility, gentry and clergy)

WALKER, Mrs. —, Castle st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
WEST, Hon. Frederick, Ruthin castle (nobility, gentry and clergy)
WEST, Fredk. Ricd. esq. Ruthin castle (nobility, gentry and clergy)
WILLIAMS, Catherine, Clwyd st (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
WILLIAMS, Rev. Chas., School house (nobility, gentry and clergy)
WILLIAMS, Rev. Charles, master, Grammar School (academies and schools)
WILLIAMS, Edward, Borthyn (joiners)
WILLIAMS, Edward, Clwyd st (tailors)
WILLIAMS, Edward, Market place (blacksmiths)
WILLIAMS, Edward, Well st (flax dressers)
WILLIAMS, Elizabeth*, Market place (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
WILLIAMS, Elizabeth, Upper Clwyd st (milliners & dress makrs.)
WILLIAMS, Elizabeth, QUEEN'S HEAD, Well st (taverns & public houses)
WILLIAMS, Hugh, Clwyd st (boot and shoe makers)
WILLIAMS, John, Mwrog st (tanners)
WILLIAMS, Richard & Son, Well st (tailors)
WILLIAMS, Roger, Borthyn (butchers)
WILLIAMS, John*, Clwyd st (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
WILLIAMS, John, Mwrog st (stone masons)
WILLIAMS, John, Well st (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
WILLIAMS, John, Well st (hair dressers)
WILLIAMS, Margaret, Well st (milliners & dress makrs.)
WILLIAMS, Marke, Clwyd st (hair dressers)
WILLIAMS, Richard, Well st (grocers and dealers in sundries; marked * are also Drapers; see also Linen & Woollen Drapers)
WILLIAMS, Robert, STAR, Clwyd st (taverns & public houses)
WILLIAMS, Thomas, WHITE LION (and posting house), Market place (inns)
WILLIAMS, Thomas, Mwrog st (butchers)
WILLIAMS, Thomas, FEATHERS, Well st (taverns & public houses)
WILLIAMS, William, Borthyn (maltsters)
WILLIAMS, William, Felinscyboriae (blacksmiths)
WILLIAMS, William, Mwrog st (butchers)
WILLIAMS, William, Plasward (millers)
WILLIAMS, William, Rhos st (joiners)
WILLIAMS, William, Rhos st (stone masons)
WYNNE, the Misses, Record st (nobility, gentry and clergy)
WYNNE, Rd. Miles, esq. Eyarth house (nobility, gentry and clergy)

Other listings available from Pigot's directories:

Mold 1835
Ruabon 1835
Ruthin 1844
Wrexham 1835

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