Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Rhiwabon. You may be able to find further references to Rhiwabon in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Rhiwabon Bartholomew
Ruabon (or Rhiwabon) town and parish with railway station Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Rhiwabon.

Place Type of entry Source
BELLAN a township Imperial
BODULLTIN a township Imperial
CHRISTIONYDD-COED and CHRISTIONYDD-KENRICK two townships Imperial
DYNHYLLE (Issa and Ucha) two townships Imperial
HAFOD a township Imperial
MORTON-ABOVE, MORTON-ANGLICORUM, AND MORTON-BELOW three townships Imperial
RHOSLLANNERCHRUGOG a village and a chapelry Imperial
RHOSYMEDRE a village and a chapelry Imperial
RHYDDALT a township Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Rhiwabon within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
George Borrow To Wrexham 12
George Borrow Wrexham and Llangollen 3
George Borrow Around Llangollen 1
George Borrow Llangollen Again 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Wynnstay 0 2
Dinhunlle 0 1
Pen Y Lan 0 1
Moreton 0 1
Gardden 0 2
Rhosymedre 0 2
Erbistock 0 2
Halton 0 1
Christionydd 0 2
Acrefair 0 2
Cefn 0 2
Eyton 0 2
Pont Cysylltan 0 2
Rhosllannerchrugog 0 1
Chirk 15 3
Esclusham 0 2
Trevor 0 2
Knolton 0 2
Brynkinalt 0 2
Marchwiail 0 2