Tybroughton, occasionally written Ty Broughton, is the name of a former

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, historically in the

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area of

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and now in

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. The rather isolated rural area contains no

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s, although there are a few small hamlets such as Eglwys Cross. The name is still used for an electoral

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of the

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Bronington 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 1,2 ...

History

Tybroughton was anciently a

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(an administrative subdivision) of the parish of Hanmer: D. R. Thomas speculated that it was identifiable with the lost manor of 'Burwardestone' mentioned in the

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.Thomas, ''A History of the Diocese of St. Asaph'', 1874, p.821 The Wrexham historian

Alfred Neobard Palmer Alfred Neobard Palmer (10 July 1847 – 7 March 1915) was a chemist and local historian. He published several books concerning the local history of Wrexham and north Wales. Biography Alfred Neobard Palmer was born in Thetford, Norfolk, England ...

said that the

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place name Tybroughton was recorded as early as 1405 "''and can only mean 'Broughton's House' ''",Palmer, ''Ancient Tenures of Land in North Wales and the Marches'', 1910, p.248 although a mixed Old English and Welsh derivation, "house in the estate (''tun'') by the brook (''broc'')" is possible.Owen and Gruffydd (2017) ''Place-Names of Flintshire'', University of Wales Press, p.191 Writing in the 1950s, placename scholar Ellis Davis claimed that the element ''Ty'' was then pronounced "tie" locally.Owen and Gruffydd (2017) ''Place-Names of Flintshire'', University of Wales Press, p.191 Tybroughton was recorded in 1699 by the antiquary

Edward Lhuyd Edward Lhuyd (1660– 30 June 1709), also known as Edward Lhwyd and by other spellings, was a Welsh scientist, geographer, historian and antiquary. He was the second Keeper of the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, and published the firs ...

,Davies, E. ''Flintshire place-names'', 1956, p.170 who pointed out an "''artificial mount''" there called 'Mount Cop' or Eglwys y Groes, probably a

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. The main landowning family of Tybroughton for many years was called Eddowes, Eddow or Eddowe; they traced descent from a Powysian noble, Tudor Trevor."Eddow of Tybroughton", ''Bye-gones, Relating to Wales and the Border Counties'', 1909, 194 Writing in 1840 the topographer Samuel Lewis said the township had a population of 218.Lewis (ed). ''A Topographical Dictionary of Wales'', 1840 It was defined as a separate

by the

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, but was one of the civil parishes incorporated into the community of Bronington, part of the new county of

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, under the terms of the

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Buildings

Tybroughton Hall is a

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house of the late 18th century.

References

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