Broughton, Wrexham, Wales Genealogy

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Wrexham

Parishes of Historic Denbighshire

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 County Borough of Wrexham, Wales Genealogy in Wales.

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

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, &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, Wales Genealogy.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

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

Administration

Years	County
before 31 March 1974	Denbighshire
1 April 1974 - 31 March 1996	Clwyd
from 1 April 1996	Wrexham

Census Records

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.

The parish of Wrexham, and later the parish of Broughton, formed part of the Wrexham Registrar's District.

Year	Parts
1841	missing
1851	HO107/2503 folios 746-815 & 827-829
1861	RG9/4285 folios 50 & 85-95 RG9/4286 folios 1-72
1871	RG10/5655 folios 31-end RG10/5656 folio 75 RG10/5658 folios 109-111 & 121
1881	RG11/5516 folios 1-103 RG115520 folios 102-104 & 120
1891	RG12/4615 folios 1-98 RG12/4619 folios 96-98 & 113
1901	RG13/

 

Civil Records

Births, marriages and deaths in Broughton are recorded in the GRO indexes as:

Years	Sub-district	District	Volumes
1 Jul 1837 - 1974	Wrexham	Wrexham	XXVII (1837-51) 11b (1852-1946) 8A (1946-74)

Poor Law Union

The Wrexham Union was created on 30 March 1837 and the parish of Wrexham, and later the parish of Broughton, formed part of this. A workhouse was built at Croesnewydd in Wrexham. The records of the Wrexham Union are now held at Denbighshire Record Office in Ruthin.

Websites

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