Brynford () is a village and

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, 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. St Michael's Church (

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) dates from 1851 and is a Grade II listed building. The Cynfaen Memorial

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Chapel, serving Brynford, is in the nearby village of Calcoed. Two

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round barrows known as (Militia Patch) are located on Holywell Golf Club, about north-northwest of the church. Historically, the area was extensively mined for lead and has been left with the scars of that past all over its common land. The explorer and journalist

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was a student teacher in the old village school. The community includes the villages of Calcoed and

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Governance

The Brynford community was created (as a civil parish) in 1897. It elects ten councillors, and is not divided into wards. The council is part of Brynford and Halkyn electoral ward on

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, which elects two councillors to that body. Before 2022, there were separate electoral wards for Brynford and Halkyn. It is part of the Delyn constituency and

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region for the

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, and of the Clwyd East constituency for

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References

External links

Photos of Brynford and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk
Villages in Flintshire Communities in Flintshire {{Flintshire-geo-stub