LC control no. | nr2002030124 |
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Geographic heading | Ruabon (Wales) |
Geographic subdivision usage | Wales--Ruabon |
Variant(s) | Rhiwabon (Wales) Rhuabon (Wales) |
Associated country | Wales |
Associated place | Wrexham (Wales) |
Found in | Overland Trails Digital Library Collection, 2002 (Ruabon (Wales)) GeoNet, June 5, 2002 (Ruabon, populated place, United Kingdom; 52deg. 59min.N 3deg. 02min.W) Getty, June 5, 2002 (Ruabon (inhabited place), United Kingdom, Wales, Wrexham; 52deg. 59min.N 3deg. 02min.W) Evans of Tref-y-nant, 2018: title page (Rhiwabon, Denbighshire) Geonames, February 28, 2019 (Ruabon; Rhiwabon; United Kingdom, Wales; populatd place; N 52° 59' 16" W 3° 2' 19") Wikipedia, viewed February 28, 2019 (Ruabon; Welsh: Rhiwabon; village and community in the county borough of Wrexham in Wales; the name Rhiwabon comes from Rhiw Fabon, Rhiw being the Welsh word for slope or hillside, and Fabon being a mutation from St Mabon, the original church name, of earlier, Celtic origin; an older English spelling, Rhuabon, can sometimes be seen; Ruabon is within the historic county of Denbighshire and, between 1889 and 1974, was administered by Denbighshire County Council; from 1974 until 1996, it was administered as part of Clwyd; from 1996, it has been administered as part of the County Borough of Wrexham) |
Geographic area code | e-uk-wl |