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Ruabon (or Rhiwabon), town and par. with ry. sta., Denbighshire, 4½ miles SW. of Wrexham - par. (containing Penycae, Rhos-Llanerchrugog, and Rhosymedre), 13,918 ac., pop. 15,194; P.O., T.O. has extensive collieries and ironworks; the church is a very ancient building, and contains several monuments of the Wynn family, whose seat, Wynnstay, is adjacent.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Rhiwabon CP/AP Denbighshire AncC |
| Place names: | RHIWABON | RUABON | RUABON OR RHIWABON |
| Place: | Rhiwabon |
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