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class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:High_Street,_Rhuddlan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6704007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/High_Street%2C_Rhuddlan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6704007.jpg/240px-High_Street%2C_Rhuddlan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6704007.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/High_Street%2C_Rhuddlan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6704007.jpg/360px-High_Street%2C_Rhuddlan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6704007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/High_Street%2C_Rhuddlan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6704007.jpg/480px-High_Street%2C_Rhuddlan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6704007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1096" /></a></span><div>High Street, Rhuddlan</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style 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.pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Denbighshire_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rhuddlan is located in Denbighshire"><img alt="Rhuddlan is located in Denbighshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Denbighshire_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Denbighshire_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="363" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Denbighshire_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Denbighshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Denbighshire_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Denbighshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="864" data-file-height="1305" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:19.273%;left:31%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Rhuddlan"><img alt="Rhuddlan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Rhuddlan</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Denbighshire" title="Denbighshire">Denbighshire</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">3,709 <i>(2011)</i></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=53.294453~-3.464264&lvl=13&sp=Point.53.294453_-3.464264_Rhuddlan&sty=s&style=s">SJ025785</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales#Communities" title="Local government in Wales">Community</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Rhuddlan</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Principal area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Denbighshire" title="Denbighshire">Denbighshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">Preserved county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clwyd" title="Clwyd">Clwyd</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">RHYL</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/LL_postcode_area" title="LL postcode area">LL18</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01745</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_Police" title="North Wales Police">North Wales</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="North Wales Fire and Rescue Service">North Wales</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Ambulance_Service" title="Welsh Ambulance Service">Welsh</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clwyd_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clwyd North (UK Parliament constituency)">Clwyd North</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Senedd_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Senedd constituencies and electoral regions">Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Clwyd_(Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vale of Clwyd (Assembly constituency)">Vale of Clwyd</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rhuddlantowncouncil.gov.uk">rhuddlantowncouncil.gov.uk</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="List of places in Wales">Wales</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Denbighshire" title="List of places in Denbighshire">Denbighshire</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Rhuddlan&params=53.294_N_3.464_W_region:GB_type:city(3709)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°17′38″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°27′50″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.294°N 3.464°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.294; -3.464</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rhuddlan_Castle,_May_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Rhuddlan_Castle%2C_May_2012.jpg/220px-Rhuddlan_Castle%2C_May_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Rhuddlan_Castle%2C_May_2012.jpg/330px-Rhuddlan_Castle%2C_May_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Rhuddlan_Castle%2C_May_2012.jpg/440px-Rhuddlan_Castle%2C_May_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5089" data-file-height="3019" /></a><figcaption>Rhuddlan Castle in May 2012</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Rhuddlan</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Welsh pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="cy-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Welsh" title="Help:IPA/Welsh">[ˈr̥ɨðlan]</a></span>) is a town, <a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">community</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom">electoral ward</a> in <a href="/wiki/Denbighshire" title="Denbighshire">Denbighshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>. Its associated urban zone is mainly on the <a href="/wiki/Bank_(geography)" title="Bank (geography)">right bank</a> of the <a href="/wiki/River_Clwyd" title="River Clwyd">Clwyd</a>; it is directly south of seafront town <a href="/wiki/Rhyl" title="Rhyl">Rhyl</a>. It gave its name to the Welsh <a href="/wiki/Rhuddlan_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhuddlan (district)">district of Rhuddlan</a> from 1974 to 1996. As of the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_census" title="2011 United Kingdom census">2001 census</a>, the population was 4,296<sup id="cite_ref-2001Census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2001Census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> decreasing to 3,709 in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_for_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census for England and Wales">2011 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was <a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">historically</a> in <a href="/wiki/Flintshire_(historic)" title="Flintshire (historic)">Flintshire</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhuddlan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name of the town is a combination of the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a> words <i><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">rhudd</i></span></i> "red" + <i><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">glan</i></span></i> "riverbank".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhuddlan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rhuddlan_curch_and_castle_02155.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rhuddlan_curch_and_castle_02155.jpg/220px-Rhuddlan_curch_and_castle_02155.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rhuddlan_curch_and_castle_02155.jpg/330px-Rhuddlan_curch_and_castle_02155.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rhuddlan_curch_and_castle_02155.jpg/440px-Rhuddlan_curch_and_castle_02155.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2432" data-file-height="1614" /></a><figcaption>Rhuddlan church and castle, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1781</span></figcaption></figure> <p>In AD 921, the Anglo-Saxon king, <a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Elder" title="Edward the Elder">Edward the Elder</a>, founded a <a href="/wiki/Burh" title="Burh">burh</a> named <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">Cledematha</i></span> (mouth of the Clwydd) at Rhuddlan.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the following century, before the <a href="/wiki/Norman_Conquest" title="Norman Conquest">Norman Conquest</a> and subsequent <a href="/wiki/Normans" title="Normans">Norman</a> occupation of lower <a href="/wiki/Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Perfeddwlad" title="Perfeddwlad">Perfeddwlad</a>, Rhuddlan was the site of a Welsh <a href="/wiki/Cantref" title="Cantref">cantref</a> and served as the seat of government and capital of Gwynedd for the Welsh king <a href="/wiki/Gruffydd_ap_Llywelyn" title="Gruffydd ap Llywelyn">Gruffydd ap Llywelyn</a> (ruled 1055–1063). Following the Conquest, in 1086, Rhuddlan was recorded in the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> as a small settlement within the hundred of Ati's Cross and in the county of Cheshire.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A mint established at Rhuddlan in the 1180s by <a href="/wiki/Dafydd_ab_Owain_Gwynedd" title="Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd">Dafydd ab Owain</a>, and later maintained by <a href="/wiki/Llywelyn_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Llywelyn the Great">Llywelyn the Great</a>, was responsible for minting the first native Welsh coinage since the reign of <a href="/wiki/Hywel_Dda" title="Hywel Dda">Hywel Dda</a>. </p><p>The town is known for the ruins of <a href="/wiki/Rhuddlan_Castle" title="Rhuddlan Castle">Rhuddlan Castle</a>, built by order of <a href="/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" title="Edward I of England">King Edward I</a> from 1277 to 1282, and for the site of another castle at <a href="/wiki/Twthill,_Rhuddlan" title="Twthill, Rhuddlan">Twthill</a>, built by the <a href="/wiki/Normans" title="Normans">Norman</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_of_Rhuddlan" title="Robert of Rhuddlan">Robert of Rhuddlan</a> about 1072. Well-preserved Rhuddlan castle has a great round tower and many surviving walls. It was built soon after the <a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Wales_by_Edward_I" title="Conquest of Wales by Edward I">conquest of Wales</a>. </p><p>The town was thus where Edward I signed the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Rhuddlan" title="Statute of Rhuddlan">Statute of Rhuddlan</a>, laying down the way by which the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Wales" title="Principality of Wales">Principality of Wales</a>, created by the princes of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Gwynedd" title="Kingdom of Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a>, was to be governed. </p><p>The town's first Welsh chapel, now 17 Cross Street, was built in 1771.<sup id="cite_ref-dailypost_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailypost-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The hymn tune "Rhuddlan" was brought to wider prominence by <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams" title="Ralph Vaughan Williams">Ralph Vaughan Williams</a> as music editor of the first edition of <a href="/wiki/The_English_Hymnal" title="The English Hymnal">The English Hymnal</a> in 1906, and it has since been adopted by numerous other hymnals. It is usually sung to the words of the hymns "Judge eternal, throned in splendour" and, more recently, "For the healing of the nations". </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rhuddlan_railway_station" title="Rhuddlan railway station">Rhuddlan railway station</a> was part of the <a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Clwyd_Railway" title="Vale of Clwyd Railway">Vale of Clwyd Railway</a>. The station closed in 1955 but the line remained open until 1968. The station was demolished around 1977 and a <a href="/wiki/Premier_Inn" title="Premier Inn">Premier Inn</a> hotel now occupies the site.<sup id="cite_ref-dailypost_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailypost-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, the <a href="/wiki/A525_road" title="A525 road">A525</a> bypass was completed, easing access to Rhyl. Since 2001 the centre of Rhuddlan has been largely redeveloped. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archaeology">Archaeology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhuddlan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Archaeology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2021 February, archaeologists from Aeon Archaeology announced the discovery of more than 300 <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">stone age</a> tools and artefacts in Rhuddlan. They revealed <a href="/wiki/Scraper_(archaeology)" title="Scraper (archaeology)">scrapers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microlith" title="Microlith">microliths</a>, flakes of <a href="/wiki/Chert" title="Chert">chert</a> (hard, sedimentary rock), <a href="/wiki/Flint" title="Flint">flints</a> and even rudimentary tools. Expert Richard Cooke believes that the remains were belong to people who was passing through and made camp by the river more than 9,000 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhuddlan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Rhuddlan" title="Category:People from Rhuddlan">Category:People from Rhuddlan</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_of_Rhuddlan" title="Hugh of Rhuddlan">Hugh of Rhuddlan</a> an important Cambro-Norman poet writing in Old French at the end of the 12th century.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Jones_Griffiths" title="Philip Jones Griffiths">Philip Jones Griffiths</a> (1936–2008), photographer particularly of the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, and a member of <a href="/wiki/Magnum_Photos" title="Magnum Photos">Magnum Photos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Scott-Lee" title="Lisa Scott-Lee">Lisa Scott-Lee</a> (born 1975) of the pop band <a href="/wiki/Steps_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steps (group)">Steps</a> and her brother <a href="/wiki/Andy_Scott-Lee" title="Andy Scott-Lee">Andy Scott-Lee</a> (born 1980) lived in Rhuddlan.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Smith_(Welsh_footballer)" title="Peter Smith (Welsh footballer)">Peter Smith</a> (born 1978) footballer with 180 club caps</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Vaughan_(footballer)" title="David Vaughan (footballer)">David Vaughan</a> (born 1983) footballer with 476 club caps and 42 for <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Lee_Owens" title="Kelly Lee Owens">Kelly Lee Owens</a> (born 1988), electronic musician and producer; grew up in a nearby village.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sargeant_(politician)" title="Jack Sargeant (politician)">Jack Sargeant</a> (born 1994) politician, and a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Senedd" title="Member of the Senedd">Member of the Senedd</a> (MS).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhuddlan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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Office for National Statistics<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 June</span> 2008</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=2001+Census%3A+Rhuddlan&rft.pub=Office+for+National+Statistics&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fneighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk%2Fdissemination%2FLeadTableView.do%3Fa%3D3%26b%3D801638%26c%3Drhuddlan%26d%3D16%26e%3D15%26g%3D414179%26i%3D1001x1003x1004%26m%3D0%26r%3D1%26s%3D1214828168544%26enc%3D1%26dsFamilyId%3D779&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARhuddlan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ukcensusdata.com/rhuddlan-w05000169#sthash.V0Fp7cSD.dpbs">"Community/Ward 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title="Bodelwyddan">Bodelwyddan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodfari" title="Bodfari">Bodfari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryneglwys" title="Bryneglwys">Bryneglwys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cefn_Meiriadog" title="Cefn Meiriadog">Cefn Meiriadog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clocaenog" title="Clocaenog">Clocaenog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corwen" title="Corwen">Corwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cwm,_Denbighshire" title="Cwm, Denbighshire">Cwm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyffylliog" title="Cyffylliog">Cyffylliog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynwyd,_Denbighshire" title="Cynwyd, Denbighshire">Cynwyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denbigh" title="Denbigh">Denbigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derwen" title="Derwen">Derwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyserth" title="Dyserth">Dyserth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Efenechtyd" title="Efenechtyd">Efenechtyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwyddelwern" title="Gwyddelwern">Gwyddelwern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henllan" title="Henllan">Henllan</a></li> 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