Brynford

Brynford (Welsh: Brynffordd) is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales. It is located to the south west of the town of Holywell and near the A55 road (North Wales Expressway). Brynford had a population of 1,059 at the 2011 census.[1]

Brynford

Brynford village green
Brynford
Location within Flintshire
Population1,059 2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSJ180744
Principal area
Ceremonial county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHESTER
Postcode districtCH8
Dialling code01352
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament

St Michael's Church (Church in Wales) dates from 1851 and is a Grade II listed building. The Cynfaen Memorial Methodist Chapel, serving Brynford, is in the nearby village of Calcoed. Two bronze age round barrows known as Clwt Militia (Militia Patch) are located on Holywell Golf Club, about 0.65 miles (1 km) north-northwest of the church.[2][3]

Historically, the area was extensively mined for lead and has been left with the scars of that past all over its common land.[4]

The explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley was a student teacher in the old village school.[5]

The community includes the villages of Calcoed and Dolphin.

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward stretches south east to Halkyn community and had a total population at the 2011 census of 2,153.[6]

References
  1. "Community population 2011". Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. "Clwt Militia Round Barrow A". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. "Clwt Militia Round Barrow B". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/sites/flintshire/pages/halkyn.shtml
  5. "Welcome to Brynford and Calcoed". Archived from the original on 6 November 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
  6. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 24 May 2015.

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