- Weston Rhyn
Weston Rhyn is a large village and parish in
Shropshire ,England .It is in between the towns of
Chirk , inWales , andOswestry , in England.The village has three churches (Presbyterian Church of Wales, Quinta Independent Evangelical Church and St John's Church of England), three pubs, a post office, chip shop, village hall, primary school and general store.Close to Weston Rhyn is the QuintaChristian Centre, which is home to the missionary organisationOperation Mobilisation .The village is on the Chester to Shrewsbury railway line, but has no station. Nearest stations are Chirk and Gobowen. It lies to the west of the A5 trunk road.
It is surrounded by beautiful countryside with hills to the west with Offa's Dyke, and the River Ceiriog to the north. It has ready access to nearby shopping centres. Originally a mining village, the pits have long since closed. There is much new housing amidst the old with people working locally or commuting as far as Chester, Shrewsbury, Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester.
Weston Rhyn is recorded as "Westune" in the
Doomsday book . “Tun” or “ton” means a settlement or hamlet, “ rhyn” means a hill or mount. Originally the townships of Weston Rhyn andBronygarth were in the Parish of St. Martins. In 1870 they were formed into a separate ecclesiastical district known as “the Lodge” ( the inn still bears it’s name), and then in 1898 into the civil parish of Weston Rhyn.ources
* G. G. Lerry, "Collieries of Denbighshire", 1968
* C. Neville Hurdsman, "A History of the Parishes of St. Martin's & Weston Rhyn" 2003
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