Broughton, Denbighshire, Wales Genealogy

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
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, &amp;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.

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:


 * Genuki - Broughton

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

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

Tithe Records
The tithe agreement date for Broughton was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records
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Civil Registration
The Civil Registration District for Broughton is DATES AND NAMES CIV REG.

Poor Law Unions
Visit the England and Wales Poor Law Records page for more information.

Websites

 * Broughton Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * Broughton War Memorial at Clwyd FHS
 * Broughton District History Group