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Ruabon is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The name 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.
The Vaults public house and the roundhouse, Ruabon
Pontcysyllte bridge and aqueduct near Ruabon, early 19th century
The clock and tower of St Mary's Parish Church
The Wynnstay Arms Hotel with the arms of the Williams-Wynn family on the hanging sign
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet was a Welsh landowner, politician and patron of the arts. The Williams-Wynn baronets had been begun in 1688 by the politician Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, but had inherited, in the time of the 3rd baronet, Sir Watkin's father, the estates of the Wynn baronets, and changed their name to reflect this.
Wynnstay the family seat, 1793
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn and, his first wife, Lady Henrietta Somerset, by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn and his mother, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, ca. 1768