Rhulen
Rhulen
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  Rhulen Location within Powys | |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Rhulen (Welsh: Rhiwlen, standardised as Rhiwlen bilingually[1]) is a hamlet and former parish in Powys, Wales. It was a civil parish, and after 1974 a community, until it was abolished on 1 April 1983.[2] At the 1971 census, the last before the parish was abolished, it had a population of 28.[3]
The parish was in the historic county of Radnorshire.[4] Its name is attested as Ruylnynnan in 1232 and as Ryulan around 1291. In the mid-16th century it was spelt Rulen or Riwlen, closer to the current spelling. The name likely comes from rhiw ("hill") and glan ("slope").[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Rhiwlen". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales.
- ↑ "Builth Registration District". www.ukbmd.org.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ↑ "Rhiwlen Parish : Total Population". www.visionofbritain.org.uk.
- ↑ "Genuki: Rhiwlen / Rhulen, Radnorshire". www.genuki.org.uk.
- 1 2 "Rhulen - Introduction" (PDF). heneb.org.uk.
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