Bronington

Village and community in Wrexham, Wales

Human settlement in Wales

Bronington

Wrexham

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Bronington is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, forming a large part of the Maelor Saesneg. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Flintshire, the community has an area of 3,482 hectares and a population of 1,228 (2001 Census),^[1] increasing to 1,242 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

The village church, Holy Trinity, was converted from a former brick tithe barn in 1836.^[3] To the north-east of the village is Iscoyd Park, a stately home with surrounding parkland which was built around 1740 and enlarged in the 19th century. South of the village is Fenn's Moss, an area of peat bog stretching over into Shropshire, which was declared a national nature reserve in 1996 because of its importance for wildlife.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north-west to Bangor-on-Dee with a total population at the 2011 Census of 3,179.^[4]

The community itself is made up of three wards: Bronington, Iscoyd and Tybroughton.

References

Notes

^ "2001 Census: Bronington". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
^ "community population 2011". Retrieved 17 November 2015.
^ "Holy Trinity Church". Wrexham County Borough Council. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 17 November 2015.

Sources

Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Baines, Menna & Lynch, Peredur I. (2008) The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales, University of Wales Press, Cardiff.

External links

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Wrexham County Borough

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Principal settlements

Chirk
Wrexham (Built-up area)

Communities

Other villages and areas

Universities and colleges

Buildings and structures

Castles	Chirk Castle Holt Castle The Rofft (former)

Geography

Rivers	Alyn Cegidog Ceiriog Clywedog Dee Eitha Gwenfro Nant-y-Ffrith Wych Brook
Reservoirs and lakes	Acton Park Lake Cae Llwyd Reservoir Chirk Castle Lake Fenn's Bank Mere Gresford Flash Hanmer Mere Llyn Bedydd Monk's Pool Pant-yr-ochain Lake Penycae Top Reservoir Ty Mawr Reservoir Wynnstay Park Lake

Transport

Railway lines	Borderlands line Shrewsbury to Chester line
Former lines	Glyn Valley Tramway (re-opening proposed) Moss Valley Branch Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway Wrexham and Minera Railway Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway Croes Newydd (former) Former stations
Railway stations	Chirk railway station Gwersyllt railway station Ruabon railway station Wrexham Central railway station Wrexham General railway station Proposed stations Wrexham North railway station Wrexham South railway station