Brymbo

• Charles, Geoff and Hugh.    The golden age of Brymbo steam        Capel Garmon : Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1997.
• Evans, John.    Hanes yr achos, a gyflwynir i gymdeithasfa chwarterol Eglwys Methodistiaid Calfinaidd Cymru ... yn Engedi, Brymbo, Mehefin 6, 7, 8, 1950     Wrecsam : Gwasg Gymraeg Edwin Jones a'i Fab, [1950]
• Rogers, Graham.       Brymbo and its neighbourhood    Wrexham : Graham Rogers, 1991.

The first church to be built was consecrated on 31 July 1838. Unfortunately, it began to collapse because of subsidence, and it was closed in 1869. The well-known local historian, Alfred Neobard Palmer, stated that the subsidence was caused by construction work on the nearby Great Western Railway; but other authorities blame it on extensive coal-mining operations. Services were temporarily transferred to the nearby school, but this also became unsafe - for the same reason.

The foundation stone of a new church, a little distance away, (Ordnance Survey reference SJ 295543) was laid on 15 August 1871; and the church was consecrated on 10 September 1872, the dedication being to St. Mary.

The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.

Tabernacl Welsh Baptist Chapel, High Street, Brymbo on the People's Collection Wales site

A second church, dedicated to St. John, was built in 1892 on the site of the original church, specifically for the use of the Welsh-speaking population. Not surprisingly, in view of the history of the site, this building became unsafe; and it was demolished during the 1970's.

Nonconformist Churches

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

Parish Registers

• The following Parish Registers have been deposited at the Denbighshire Record Office, Ruthin.
  They may be viewed on microfilm at the Denbighshire and Flintshire Record Offices, at the A.N. Palmer Library, Wrexham, and at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
  These microfilms are not available elsewhere.

Bishop's Transcripts

• Bishop's Transcripts for the years shown below have been deposited in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
  Around the year 1951, most of the Bishop's Transcripts which had been deposited at that time were microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and the films are available on request at Family History Centres of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  The films may also be viewed at the Denbighshire and Flintshire Record Offices, and at the National Library of Wales.
  In general, the Bishop's Transcripts are less complete than the parish registers.

I.G.I.

• There are no official I.G.I. entries for St. Mary's, Brymbo.

Having been formed from townships of the parish of Wrexham, the parish of Brymbo was assigned to the Wrexham Registration District.

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

• Years 1837 - 1851: Wrexham XXVII. nnn
• Years 1851 - 1930: Wrexham 11b. nnn

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

Brymbo - on wikipedia

Brymbo - Alan Owen's site

Brymbo Man - on Wrexham CBC site

Offa's Dyke on Brynbo Hill on the People's Collection Wales site

• Geograph
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The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Brymbo to another place.

"North-East Wales Churches and Ancient Parish Boundaries" produced by Clwyd Record Office in 1994, published by Genuki with the permission of Flintshire Record Office and Denbighshire Archives

Map of the township of Brymbo in the parish of Brymbo in the County of Denbigh on the People's Collection Wales site

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ292536 (Lat/Lon: 53.074917, -3.058246), Brymbo which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Brymbo Steel Works on wikipedia

Various items on the People's Collection Wales site

• Bymbo Steelworks, early c 20th 
• Brymbo Ironworks  
• Penrhos Engine House - The Brymbo Colliery was opened in the 18th century and a pumping engine house was erected at Penrhos about 1794

• In 1831- Brymbo was not a separate parish.
• In 1901- the population was 10,036.
  [ Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]

• Archdeacon Thomas gives the area of the parish as 1720 acres.
  [ The History of the Diocese of St. Asaph , 1908-1913, Ven. D.R. Thomas]