The Ring Public House, Rhosgoch
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The Ring Public House, Rhosgoch
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 11 May 2009
This inn is also called Rhos-goch Hotel. "Ring" may be a corruption of "Yr Inn", though other suggest that there might have been a cock fighting ring on the site. Until the 1930s The Ring and the cafe across the road played an important part in the pig trade, with thousands of pigs being railed out through Rhosgoch Station. In the early years of the 20thC the inn was kept by William Innes, a Scots pig dealer who spoke pidgin Welsh with a Glasgow accent. Pigs were corralled in the inn's yard where Innes provided a weighing service for pigs. He had a reputation for being straight and honest. Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.376086
Longitude
-4.392847