Rhulen

Rhulen Welsh: Rhiwlen
Rhulen Location within Powys
Community	Aberedw
Principal area	Powys
Preserved county	Powys
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Brecon and Radnorshire
List of places UK Wales Powys 52°08′25″N3°15′44″W / 52.1403°N 3.2621°W / 52.1403; -3.2621

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]

The church in Rhulen is dedicated to St David. ^[5]

References

1. "Rhiwlen". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales.
2. "Builth Registration District". www.ukbmd.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
3. "Rhiwlen Parish : Total Population". www.visionofbritain.org.uk.
4. "Genuki: Rhiwlen / Rhulen, Radnorshire". www.genuki.org.uk.
5. "Rhulen - Introduction" (PDF). heneb.org.uk.