Brymbo, Wrexham, Wales Genealogy
Brymbo is a village and ecclesiastical parish in the County Borough of Wrexham in Wales. It was part of the historic county of Denbighshire.
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History
BRYMBO a joint township with Broughton in that part of the parish of Wrexham which is in the hundred of Bromfield, county of Denbigh, north Wales, 5 miles (N. by N.W.) from Wrexham. A church was erected in the year 1841, with the aid, principally, of Her Majesty's Church Commissioners [1]
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 Records and Indexes Online. 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 Brymbo, formed part of the Wrexham Registrar's District.
Year | Parts |
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1841 | missing |
1851 | HO107/ |
1861 | RG9/ |
1871 | RG10/ |
1881 | RG11/ |
1891 | RG12/ |
1901 |
Church Records
Nonconformist Church Records
The following records have been published:
Chapel | Source | Baptisms |
---|---|---|
Gyfynus Independent | Clwyd FHS Blackwell Index CD | 1827-1837 |
Harwd Calvinistic Methodist | Clwyd FHS Blackwell Index CD | 1829-1837 |
Harwd Calvinistic Methodist | C101341 | 1829-1837 |
Civil Records
Births, marriages and deaths in Brymbo are recorded in the GRO indexes as:
Years | Sub-district | District | Volumes |
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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 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.
Cemeteries
Bibliography
Websites
- Brymbo War Memorial at Clwyd FHS
- Brymbo Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849), . Adapted. Date accessed: 11 September 2014.