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Rhosllanerchrugog
Summary
Rhosllanerchrugog (ˌroʊsˌlænərˈkriːɡɒɡ; standardised and also spelled as Rhosllannerchrugog, r̥ɔsˌɬanɛrχˈrɨːɡɔɡ or simply Rhos) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies within the historic county of Denbighshire. The entire built-up area including Penycae, Ruabon and Cefn Mawr had a population of 25,362.
The name of the village is derived from that of the old Llanerchrugog estate, once one of the landholdings of Cynwrig ap Rhiwallon, Lord of Maelor Gymraeg.
The name Llanerchrugog is usually stated to be based on Welsh llannerch, "clearing" or "glade"; and (with soft mutation), grugog "heathery", although an etymology based on crugog, "hilly", "rough", has also been suggested. The name of the mining village which later grew up on nearby moorland was usually written as "Rhos Llanerchrugog", ("the Llanerchrugog moor", literally "moor, heath of the heather glade") in the early and mid 19th century, but later often became written as "Rhos-llanerchrugog" and finally as a single word. The spelling "Rhosllannerchrugog" has also since 1997 been used as an alternative to the legal community name.
Locally, it is usually known simply as Rhos, or (in Welsh English) as "the Rhos". In the dialect of the area this is invariably pronounced ['r̥əus], in opposition to the Standard Welsh [r̥oːs].
The village was originally within the ancient parish of Ruabon and the township of Morton Above (i.e. Morton, or moor town, above Offa's Dyke) or Morton Wallichorum (the Welsh Morton). In 1844 Morton Above, along with part of the neighbouring township of Dynhinlle Ucha, became part of the newly created parish of Rhosllanerchrugog.
The Llanerchrugog estate itself was owned by the Jones family from at least the 1400s to the 19th century; in 1649 the landowner John Jones of Llanerchrugog claimed a detailed genealogy going back 2400 years to Dyfnwal Moelmud, and attempted to use his ancient rights of ownership to argue he should be exempt from taxes.
The development of the village can be attributed largely to the coal seams of north-east Wales that pass near it.
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