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Roundabout on approach to Rhuddlan from Dyserth
©Dot Potter
Dist:0.2km<br/>Built as a congregational Chapel in 1855, it is now an Evangelical Church. It is sited on the main road through the middle of Rhuddlan.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking down the High Street to the Kings Head
©Alwyn Bradford
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking down the High Street, traffic going slow because of the snow.
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©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.3km<br/>Public house on the High Street in Rhuddlan.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.3km<br/>The main road through Rhuddlan meets the A547 to the east of the town.
©Eirian Evans
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©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.4km<br/>This plaque commemorates the site of King Edward I parliament, where the Statute of Rhuddlan was passed A D 1283.
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©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.4km<br/>This chapel has now been converted into a house.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.4km<br/>On Princes Road, Rhuddlan, the hut of the 1st Rhuddlan troup.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.4km<br/>This interesting ancient building comprises some of the remains of a building where King Edward I of England held a parliament in the early 1280's and had his English knights discuss and agree terms for the effective takeover of all of Wales by the English crown. The Statute of Rhuddlan was formulated and framed and signed off here by English and Welsh signatories. The stone plaque reads; 'This is the remains of the building where King Edward I held his parliament in 1283 in which was passed the Statute of Rhuddlan securing to the Principality of Wales its judicial rights and independence'. In effect the Statute allowed Edward, and his successors, to select English officials such as justiciars, constables, bailiffs and numerous others to administer laws in Wales, collect taxes, set out new counties and subjugate the Welsh natives in their own land. Certain Welsh traditions, laws and inheritances remained but Wales was now under English official control. The Statute was effective and in place until 1536.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.4km<br/>Built in 1819 and extended in 1869.
©Maggi
Dist:0.4km<br/>The house on the corner of High Street and Parliament Street in Rhuddlan is said to be the site of Edward I's Parliament building in which was passed the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284. The statute regulated Welsh affairs and is said by some to be the "first colonial constitution" and by others as a charter protecting the rights and privileges of the Welsh. Tradition also states that it was here in Rhuddlan that King Edward, on hearing of the birth of his son at Caernarfon declared the child "Prince of Wales" thus setting a tradition with the British monarchy that continues to this day.
©Eirian Evans

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