Bronington

{{Short description|Village and community in Wrexham, Wales}} {{About|the village|the ship|HMS Bronington (M1115)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Wales | static_image_name = Bronington Church.jpg | static_image_caption = Holy Trinity Church | coordinates = {{coord|52.950|-2.769|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Bronington | population = 1,242 | population_ref = (2011 Census) | community_wales = Bronington | unitary_wales = Wrexham | lieutenancy_wales = Clwyd | constituency_westminster = Wrexham | constituency_welsh_assembly = Clwyd South | post_town = WHITCHURCH | postcode_district = SY13 | postcode_area = SY | dial_code = 01948 | os_grid_reference = SJ484395 | module= 240px<br />Map of the community }}

'''Bronington''' is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, forming a large part of the Maelor Saesneg. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Flintshire, the community has an area of 3,482 hectares and a population of 1,228 (2001 Census),<ref name=2001census>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=801009&c=bronington&d=16&e=15&g=414841&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1224435954976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779|title=2001 Census: Bronington|work=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=19 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526015837/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=801009&c=bronington&d=16&e=15&g=414841&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1224435954976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779|archive-date=26 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> increasing to 1,242 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121280&c=Bronington&d=16&e=62&g=6490512&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1447775688909&enc=1|title= community population 2011|accessdate=17 November 2015}}</ref>

The village church, Holy Trinity, was converted from a former brick tithe barn in 1836.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/leisure_tourism/open_church_network/holy_trinity.htm|title=Holy Trinity Church|work=Wrexham County Borough Council|accessdate=2 June 2008|archive-date=26 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526203541/http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/leisure_tourism/open_church_network/holy_trinity.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> To the north-east of the village is Iscoyd Park, a stately home with surrounding parkland built around 1740 and enlarged in the 19th century. South of the village is Fenn's Moss, an area of peat bog stretching over into Shropshire, which was declared a national nature reserve in 1996 because of its importance for wildlife.

==Governance== An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north-west to Bangor-on-Dee with a total population at the 2011 Census of 3,179.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/bronington-w05000239#sthash.eketXtLs.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|accessdate=17 November 2015}}</ref>

The community itself is made up of three wards: Bronington, Iscoyd and Tybroughton.

==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}

===Sources=== *Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Baines, Menna & Lynch, Peredur I. (2008) ''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales'', University of Wales Press, Cardiff.

== External links == {{Commons category|Bronington}} *[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3548990 photos of Bronington and surrounding area on geograph]

Category:Villages in Wrexham County Borough Category:Communities in Wrexham County Borough