Ruthin
Ruthin is the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales and also a community in the southerly part of the Vale of Clwyd. The older town, the castle as well as St Peter's Square lie on a hill, yet lots of newer components in the flood plain of the River Clwyd. This arised a number of times in the late 1990s-- flood-control jobs costing £ 3 million were completed in fall 2003. Ruthin is skirted by towns such as Pwllglas and also Rhewl. The name comes from the Welsh words rhudd (red) and also din (fort), mirroring the colour of the sandstone bedrock, of which the castle was integrated in 1277-- 1284. The initial name was Castell Coch yng Ngwern-fôr (Red Castle in the Sea Swamps). The mill is nearby. Maen Huail is a signed up ancient monument credited to the bro of Gildas and also King Arthur, situated outside Barclays Bank in St Peter's Square. The population at the 2001 Census was 5,218, of whom 47 per cent were male and 53 per cent woman. The typical age of the population was 43.0 years and also the population is 98.2 percent "white". According to the 2011 census, 68 percent were born in Wales as well as 25 per cent in England. Welsh speakers represent 42 percent of the town's population.
