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Bronington

The parish of Bronington lies in Maelor Saesneg - the detached part of Flintshire. It was created in 1836, from part of the parish of Hanmer.

Church History
Church Records
Civil Registration

Population
Statistics

Church History

Ordnance Survey reference SJ 491392.
The parish church was originally a brick-built barn, which was converted to a church in 1836 by adding north and south transepts. It was further improved and extended in 1863, and was consecrated on 22 November 1863.
The church, which is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was at one time known as New Fens Chapel.

The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.

Nonconformist Churches

"Welsh Church Commission - County of Flint - The Statistics of the Nonconformist Churches for 1905" lists the following nonconformist places of worship in the Civil parish of "Bronington":

Name of Chapel Denomination Number of "adherents"

Not named Primitive Methodist 150

Chequer - English Wesleyan 53

Name of Chapel	Denomination	Number of "adherents"
Not named	Primitive Methodist	150
Chequer - English	Wesleyan	53

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Church Records

Parish Registers

The following Parish Registers have been deposited in the Flintshire Record Office, Hawarden. They may be viewed on microfilm at the Flintshire Record Office, the Denbighshire Record Office, Ruthin, and the National Library of Wales. These microfilms are not available elsewhere.

Baptisms Marriages Burials

1837 - 1972 1852 - 1970 1837 - 1921

Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1837 - 1972	1852 - 1970	1837 - 1921

Bishop's Transcripts

No Bishop's Transcripts have been deposited.

I.G.I.

There are no official I.G.I. entries for Holy Trinity, Bronington.

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Civil Registration

When Civil Registration was introduced (on 1 July 1837), the parish of Bronington was assigned to the No. 2 ("Hanmer") sub-district of the Ellesmere Registration District, which was co-extensive with the Ellesmere poor law Union.

In the GRO indexes to civil registration, entries for Bronington are in the format :

Years 1837 - 1851: xx.nnn
Years 1851 - 1930: xx.nnn

(GRO index references have no relevance at the local Superintendent Registrar's Office)

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Population

In 1831- Bronington was not a separate parish.
In 1901- the population was 624.
[Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]

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Statistics

Archdeacon Thomas (1911) gives the area of the parish of Bronington as 4692 acres.

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Last updated 4 May 2004 - Vic Roberts