Bretton, Flintshire

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Bretton
Bretton shown within the United Kingdom
OS grid reference	SJ3563
Principal area	Flintshire
Ceremonial county	Clwyd
Constituent country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESTER
Postcode district	CH4
Dialling code	01244
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
European Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Alyn and Deeside
Welsh Assembly	Alyn and Deeside
List of places: UK • Wales • Flintshire

Coordinates: 53°10′N 2°58′W / 53.16, -2.97

Bretton is a village in Flintshire, North Wales. It is located close to Broughton, to the west of the city of Chester, near the border with Cheshire, England.

[edit] History

The name of the village 'Bretton' is locally believed to have originated due to the old mill that is now a domestic dwelling on Chester Road. Bretton is an amalgamation of the words 'bread' and 'town', shortened to create 'Bretton'. Rumour has it that that nearby villages (Broughton, Saltney, Kinnerton) all bought bread from what was then the old mill.

Bretton also boasts a water pump on a roadside green, no doubt used as a means of water supply in days of old.

[edit] Transport

Bretton used to be connected via road link to Broughton via 'Bretton Bridge'. This was an old railway bridge that existed until the creation of the Broughton Park shopping complex. The bridge is now a public footpath with flagpoles at its summit. The old station that was part of the railway line can be found to the rear of the vets practice in Broughton. It is also of interest to note that in the late 1980's, residents in the Boulevard, Broughton have found remains of railway sleepers in rear gardens, from when the railway connected the villages of Broughton and Kinnerton. From the top of Bretton Bridge you can clearly see where the railway once lay, part of which now being a household waste drain within the country park in Broughton.