Ruthin Hundred

Ruthin hundred in Denbighshire

Ruthin Hundred is one of the hundreds of Denbighshire, named after the town of Ruthin, which it contains. It is situated in the centre of the county, bounded to the north by Flintshire; to the east by Yale Hundred; to the south by Merionethshire; and to the west by Isaled Hundred. It corresponds to the mediæval cantref of Dyffryn Clwyd.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

• Bodfari (Aberwheeler township)^*
• Clocaenog
• Cyffylliog
• Derwen
• Efenechtyd
• Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
• Llandyrnog
• Llanelidan
• Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
• Llanfwrog
• Llangwyfan
• Llangynhafal
• Llanrhydd
• Llanychan
• Llanynys (part)^†
• Nannerch (Penbedw township)^*
• Ruthin

^*: Remainder in Flintshire.
^†: West of the River Clwydeog in Isaled Hundred.

Ruthin Hundred had a population of 12,194 in 2011.