Brynford

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Brynford
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Brynford
Location within Flintshire
Population1,059 (2021) [1] [2]
OS grid reference SJ180744
Community
  • Brynford
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Settlements [1] Brynford, Calcoed, Dolphin
Post town HOLYWELL
Postcode district CH8
Dialling code 01352
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Website brynfordcommunitycouncil.gov.uk
List of places
UK
Wales
Flintshire
53°15′39″N3°13′50″W / 53.26082°N 3.23052°W / 53.26082; -3.23052 Coordinates: 53°15′39″N3°13′50″W / 53.26082°N 3.23052°W / 53.26082; -3.23052

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. [3]

Contents

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. [4] [5]

Historically, the area was extensively mined for lead and has been left with the scars of that past all over its common land. [6]

The explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley was a student teacher in the old village school. [7]

The community includes the villages of Calcoed and Dolphin.

Governance

The Brynford community was created (as a civil parish) in 1897. [8] It elects ten councillors, and is not divided into wards. [9]

The council is part of Brynford and Halkyn electoral ward on Flintshire County Council, which elects two councillors to that body. Before 2022, there were separate electoral wards for Brynford and Halkyn. [10]

It is part of the Delyn constituency and North Wales region for the Senedd, and of the Delyn constituency for parliament.

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References

  1. 1 2 in the Brynford Community
  2. "Brynford". UK Census Data 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  3. "Community population 2011" . Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  4. "Clwt Militia Round Barrow A". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. "Clwt Militia Round Barrow B". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  6. "North East Wales - BBC News". Archived from the original on 13 December 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  7. "Welcome to Brynford and Calcoed". Archived from the original on 6 November 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
  8. "Brynford CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
  9. "Councillors". Brynford Community Council.
  10. "Electoral Arrangements for Flintshire". Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

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