RUABON. 415 PLACES of WORSHIP :- 8.30 A
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DIUECTORY.] RUABON. 415 PLACES OF WORSHIP :- 8.30 a. m. & 7. 30 p.m. The nearest money order & Baptist Mission Room telegraph office is at Rhosllanerchrugog, half a mile Calvinist Methodist distant Wesleyan Methodist (English) (built in 1867 to seat 150) Registrar of Marriages (for Wrexham union), John Den· BOARD SCHOOL (under the Ruabon school board ; bigh J ones to accommodate 400; average attendance, boys 120, PLAcEs OF WoRSHIP:- girls 113, infants 151): William Parry, master; Miss St. Mary's Chapel of Ease (iron church), served from E. F. Smith, girls' mistress; Mrs. Kirkham Jones, St. John's, Rhos infants' mistress CHAPELs :- Railway Station, George Calvert, station master Calvinistic Methodist Independent Bryn-Pen-y-lan, a small hamlet in the parish of Ruabon, is 3 miles south-east from Ruabon railway Newbridge, a small hamlet in the parish of Rna· station, and is situated near the confluence of the river bon, is a quarter of a mile from Cefn railway station Ceiriog with the Dce. All Saints', a chapel of ease to and 2t south-west from Ruabon. the parish church, was erected in 1889 by the late PosT 0FFTCE.-Mrs. Ann Williams, postmistress. Jarnes Ormrod esq. of Pen-y-lan hall and Bolton-le- Letters (throuo-h Ruabon) are delivered at a. m.· 0 7 Moors, Lancas~ire, and is an _ed_ifice of red sandstone in despatched at 7.15 p.m. The nearest money orde; the Early Enghsh style, consi?t:ng of nave and chancel, office is at Cefn Mawr, telegraph office at Rhosy· and has a small turret contammg three bells. In the medre half a mile distant chancel are four stained memorial windows to Mrs. E. BAPTIST, CHAPEL Rev. John Roberts Jane Ormrod, erectedI by her husband, J ames Ormrod, ' and children ; there is a brass tablet and lectern, pr~- Pen-y-cae, a small village and an ecclesiastical sented by Peter Ormrod esq._ to the memory of h1s parish formed in 1879 from the ancient parish of Rua father, Jame? Orm:o~, who died Nov. 12, 1889. The bon, is in the rural deanery and archdeaconry of "\Vrex· chur~h provides s1ttmgs for 120 persons. Pen-y-lan ham, diocese of St. Asaph, and is situated about 2 hall Is the seat of Peter Ormrod esq. J.P. miles from Ruabon railway station. The church of St. PLACE OF WoRSHIP:- Thomas, a neat stone building erected in 1877, is in the All Saints' Chapel of Ease, Rev. Thos. Buncombe B. A Early Englis~ style, _and consists of chancel, nave, north NATIONAL ScHOOL (rebuilt in 1385 for 50 children; and sout~ a1sles, ~1th a bell turret over the c~ancel- 11.1· A p T · t arch wlnch contams one bell. The church w11l seat aver a ge a tten d anCe , 35) : J.' 1ss . ong, m1s ress Th . · · · 1 · 340 . e 11vmg IS a VICarage, gross year y mcome Cefn, or Cefn Mawr, a populous village in the £200, in the gift of the Bishop of St. Asaph, and held parish of Ruabon, is 2 miles south-west from Ruabon, since 1889 by the Rev. Lewis Daniel Jenkins B.A. of St. about 4 east from Llangollen and a quarter of a mile David's College, Lampeter. St. David's, a chapel of from Cefn Bychan, where there is a station on the Great ease, is now (1895) in course of erection, it is being Western railway. The village is very irregularly built built in the Early English style, and will consist of on the slope of a hill facing the Vale of Llangollen, and chancel and nave; the services will be conducted in in the neighbourhood is the Llangollen viaduct which Welsh, and sittings will be provided for 240 persons. carries the railway across the valley and river ; it con- Here are chapels for Calvinistic Methodists and lnde· sists of 19 arches, each being of a span of 60 feet ; the pendents. viaduct is 148 feet in height and 1,530 feet long. PosT, :Mo~EY ORDER OFFICE & SAVINGS BA~K.- Here are chapels for Baptists, Independents, Calvin- Thomas J ones, postmaster. Deliveries from Rua- istic, Free Methodists and Wesleyan Methodists. bon at 7.45 a. m. & 5.30 p.m.; despatches thereto at PosT, MoNEY ORDER OFFICE & SAVINGS BANK, Cefn 9.5 a.m. & 7.20 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is Mawr.-Benjamin Bowen, postmaster. Letters at Rhosllanerchrugog, 1~ miles distant (through Ruabon) are delivered at 8.10 a.m. & 5.15 PLACES oF WoRsHIP:- p.m.; despatched a~ 9:15 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. The St. Thomas's Church, Pen-y-cae, Rev. Lewis Jenkins nearest telegraph office IS at Rhosymedre B.A. vicar; Rev. David Lloyd, curate Gas Works, Cefn, Thomas Doxey, manager CHAPELS ._ Water Works, Cefn, Rh?symedre & Acrefair Water Baptist (Welsh) Works Co. Thomas Davws, secretary , , (English) PLACES OF WoRsHIP:- Calvinistic Methodist Baptist, Zion, Rev. Abel Party ScHOOLS:_ Tabernacle, Rev. R. E. Williams National (built in 1855 for 200 ; average attendance, Ebenezer, Rev. Thomas Thomas 130), William R. Humphreys, master Calvinistic Methodist, Cefn, Rev. John J ones National (infants ; built in 1893 for 100 ; average at· Free Metlwdist, Cefn, Rev. E. S. Marshall tendance, 7 4), :Mrs. Catherine Evans, mistress lndependen t (ministers various) Wesleyan, Rev. John Evans Ponkey, a village in the parish of Ruabon, is 3 BoARD ScHOOL (under the Ruabon school board; built, miles south from Wrexham and 2 north from Ruabon 1874, for 750; average attendance, 120 boys, 115 railway station. girls, 180 infants) : John Archer, master; :Miss Harriet , k b R 1. A H h · tr "~~I" "~~I th L" · ~ t • PosT OFFICE, Pon cy.-Ro ert ouerts, postmaster. n.. ug es, mis ess ; J.' Iss .il ar a Ivesey, In1an s D - · f. R b t 8 & 7 . d mistress e1 1Venes 1om ua on a a.m. p.m., e· spatched thereto at 8 a.m. & 7 p.m. The nearest CARRIER (to Wrexham), John Roberts, tuesday, thurs· money order & telegraph office is at Rhosllanerchru· day & saturday half a mile distant goa-bl Cefn-Bychan, a small hamlet in the parish of Rua· PLACES OF WORSHIP. ban and a station on the Great Western railway, is 9 CHAPELs :- miles north from Oswestry and 2t south from Ruabon. Baptist (Welsh), Rev. Stephen J ones WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEl, Zion (Welsh), Rev. Edward M:itchell Railway Station Cefn Andr~w Taylor station master (English), Rev. Henry Rees ' ' ' Calvinistic Methodist (two chapels) Johnstown, a hamlet in the parish of Ruabon, is Independent, Rev. Owen J. Owens 3~ miles south from Wrexham and 1~ north from Primitive Methodist Ruabon railway station. There is a chapel of ease, Wesleyan Methodist erected ~n 1891 to seat 280, and chapels for Calvinistic BoARD ScHOOL (built in 1876 for 500; average attend- Methodists and Independents. ance, 121 boys, 110 girls, 149 infants) : William M. PosT 0FFICE.-Edwin Jones, postmaster. Deliveries Jones, master ; Miss Jane Sefton, girls' mistress; from Ruabon at 8.30 a. m.; despatches thereto at Miss Mary J ones, infants' mistress .