Rhosllanerchrugog
village and community in Wrexham, Wales, UK
Rhosllanerchrugog (; 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.
Etymology
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' or '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 been used since 1997 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].
History
The village was originally within the ancient parish of Ruabon and the township of Morton Above (i.e.
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