Brymbo, Wrexham, Wales Genealogy

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Brymbo is a village and ecclesiastical parish in the County Borough of Wrexham in Wales. It was part of the historic county of Denbighshire.

History
"A township in the parish and Union of Wrexham, hundred of Bromfield, county of Denbigh; containing, in 1841, 1217 inhabitants. ..... " [ A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1833 &amp; 1849, Samuel Lewis]

The new parish of Brymbo was formed by an Order in Council on 6 December 1844, out of the ancient parish of Wrexham. It contained the township of Brymbo and part of the township of Broughton. On 5 March 1880, the western part of the parish went to the new parish of Bwlchgwyn; on 15 February 1909, part of the township of Broughton went to the new parish of Broughton; and on 7 May 1921, part went to the new parish of Southsea. For more information see Brymbo, Denbighshire at genuki.org.uk

Census Records
The parish of Wrexham, and later the parish of Brymbo, formed part of the Wrexham Registrar's District.

Nonconformist Church Records
The following records have been published:

Civil Records
Births, marriages and deaths in Brymbo are recorded in the GRO indexes as:

Poor Law Union
The Wrexham Union was created on 30 March 1837 and the parish of Wrexham, and later the parish of Brymbo, 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.