Broughton, Denbighshire, Wales Genealogy

Census
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Broughton Parish
Jurisdictions
County bef 1974	Denbighshire
County 1 Apr 1974-31 Mar 1996	Clwyd
County 1 Apr 1996 -	Wrexham
Civ Reg District	Wrexham (1881)
Reg Sub-district	Wrexham (1881)
Probate Court	add here
Diocese	Lincoln (1864)
Rural Deanery	Manlake (1864)
Chapelry	add here
Poor Law Union	Wrexham
Hundred	Bromfield
Province	Canterbury (1864)
Hamlets	add here
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Wales

Wrexham

Denbighshire Parishes

Broughton

For other places with the same name see Broughton

A guide to genealogy in Broughton, with information on where to find birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records; census records; wills; cemeteries; maps; etc.

Broughton (Welsh: Brychdyn) is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in the Wrexham in Wales.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Denbighshire and, between 1974 and 1996 in the County of Clwyd. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Wrexham.

The community is made up of the villages of Southsea, Brynteg, Caego, New Broughton, Pentre Broughton, Lodge and Moss.

History[edit | edit source]

BROUGHTON a joint township with Brymbo in that part of the parish of Wrexham which is in the hundred of Bromfield, county of Denbigh. This township and its vicinity abound with rich and extensive mines of coal, lead, and iron ore, &c., and various establishments, on a very large scale, have for a considerable number of years been employed in working them. .....That remarkable monument of Saxon industry, Clawdd Offa, or Offa's Dyke, passes through this township, crossing near Brymbo Hall, where it has been levelled for the formation of rail-roads in connexion with the collieries and iron-works.^[1]

The parish of Broughton was created on 15 February 1909, from part of the township of Broughton, in Brymbo] parish. Prior to 1844 the area had been part of the ancient parish of Wrexham.The area was formerly heavily industrialised with rich and extensive deposits of coal, lead, and iron ore.The parish church of St. Paul's, was built in 1889. A mission church, St. Peter's, was opened in 1895.On 7 May 1921, a small part of the parish was transferred to the new parish of Southsea.

For more information on Broughton see:

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Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Census Records[edit | edit source]

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.

Church Records[edit | edit source]

Parish Registers[edit | edit source]

Church of Wales Chapels and Parish Registers
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Bishop's Transcripts
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Parish Chest[edit | edit source]

Vestry minutes (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Tithe Records[edit | edit source]

The tithe agreement date for Broughton was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records[edit | edit source]

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