| The Maenllwyd Inn Rudry is a fine stone building dating back some400 years and was in fact in my mothers family for 200 years.It was a farm house with stables and later turned into a alehouse. It was also owned by the Earl of Plymouth in the 1800s. It boasts of two ghosts, the main sighting is of a legless cavalier, but that could be the observer being legless himself through too much Welsh ale!? As you can see this is a fine example of a true country Inn,, with low beamed ceilings low lighting, and candles on the tables ,it is open all day, and is very popular with locals and people from far and wide. The Rudry Village Inn was once run by my Great Grandmother. It was then called The Rudry Hotel, however known locally as The Monte. Short for Monte Carlo, because of the gambling that took place there. Today people still refere to it as "The Monte" The Rudry Village Inn is situated in the heart of the village It has been extensivley refurbished during the past few years by the present owners Anne-Marie and Colin Wheeler The lounge and dining area is pleasantly furnished with an abundance of orniments and pictures . |

| Me outside THE MAENLLWYD INN, home of my ancestors for 200 years |
| RUDRY PARISH CHURCH around 1000years old. Oliver Cromwell took refuge in the porch of the Church. I sang here as a choir boy many years ago. My ancestors a buried here, and just where I am standing to take this photo is where my father is buried |

| Copyright Author Leighton Jenkins |

| Maenllwyd Inn - Rudry Church Rudry Village Inn and Rudry School- Caerphilly Castle |
| Leighton Jenkins presents |

| RUDRY SCHOOL BUILT 1902 |
| AERIAL VIEW OF RUDRY VILLAGE |


| Rudry Chapel |
| Rudry Village Post Office and Shop |




| Nearby Caerphilly Castle |
