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Robsons Commercial Directory of North Wales - Ruabon - Circa 1831 |
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Ruabon, a township in the parish of its name, in hundred of barony of Broomfield, and county of Denbigh. It is situate upon a rivulet that discharges itself into the River Dee, north-west of the county of Salop, abounding with Iron and Coal. Distance from London, 182 miles N.W.; from Llangollen 6 W. by N.; from Chester 15 S.W.; from Manchester 54 S. W. and 5 miles from Wrexham. The church is spacious, containing an organ, the gift of Sir Watkin Wynn, to whom it bears a faithful resemblance - it is an excellent specimen of sculpture by Rysback.
The living is a Vicarage in the patronage of
the Bishop of St. Asaph. The Parish of Ruabon, comprising the townships of
Christwnydd, Desschnlle, Isa, and Urscha, Morton above and below. Ruabon,
contained, in 1831, 8,353 inhabitants. |
| Allen Jno....WynnstayArms,
(posting house) Bayley Geo ...........................Schoolmaster Cunna Mary..............................Wine Vaults Davies John............................Beer Retailer Edwards Edward.....................Beer Retailer Edwards Edward..............Tanner & Skinner Edwards Edward.....................Wheelwright Edwards Thomas........................Blacksmith Evans Evan...............................Shopkeeper Evans Thomas.................................Maltster Foulkes Edward......................Beer Retailer Foulkes Edw.............................Shopkeeper Gummow Benjamin.......................Architect Hartley Robert..................Grocer & Druggist Howell Samuel, Ponkey..................New Inn Hughes Edward..................................Tailor Jones & Son............................Ironfounders Jones, Burton & Co, Ponkey........Ironworks James Robinson, manager Jones Evans, Talbot Jones George.................Plumber & Glazier Jones John.........................................Tailor Jones Joseph.............Shopkeeper & Joiner Jones Thomas..........................Shopkeeper Jones Thomas.........................Wheelwright Jones William, Ponkey...........Beer Retailer Jones William.................................Butcher Jones William..........................Shopkeeper Jones William..........................Shopkeeper Knight Edward...................Stone Merchant Madeley Thomas............ .........Day School Morris Edward........Boarding & Day School Morris Edward.........................Shopkeeper Owens Daniel, Rhose........Coal Proprietors Owens Mary..............................Day School |
Pickering
Exuperius, Pont y Cyllte...Coal Proptr Pickering Exuperius, Pont y Cyllte............Forge Pickering Exuperius, Ruabon..........Limeburner Powell George.....................Boot & Shoemaker Prichard Ben & Co, Plasmadock,.....Coal Proptr Reeves Edward, Ruabon......Duke of Wellington Reeves Edward........................................Joiner Ritson Hannah.................Milliner & Dressmaker Roberts, Rogers & Co, Plassisa,........Coal Proptr Roberts John..................Currier & Leatherseller Roberts William.............................Wheelwright Roger Watkin..................................Cross Foxes Rogers Ann.....................................Shopkeeper Rogers John...................Currier & Leatherseller Rogers Watkin.......................................Butcher Smallshears & Taylor, Acrefair...........Ironworks Stephens Stephen, Ruabon...............Bricklayer Tomkins James..............................Watchmaker Turner Henry.........................................Maltster Ward T A, Cefu..........................Coal Proprietor Williams Miss...................................Day School
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