Brymbo
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Brymbo is an urban village in the suburbs of Wrexham. It forms part of the Wrexham Urban Area (pop 63,000), it is also a ward of the county borough of Wrexham. The former Brymbo Steelworks was a prominent industry for the village and much of the surrounding area.
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[edit] Churches
St Mary's church (built in 1872) and the Tin Chapel (English Methodist Church) remain.
[edit] Archeology
An important archaeological find was made in 1958 by workmen digging a pipe trench - the remains of Brymbo Man, dating back to the early Bronze Age, around 1600BC.
Another archaeological find was made in 2006 by workers redeveloping the site of the former steelworks - a fossil forest of over 20 trees, the fossils date from the Carboniferous Period.
[edit] Present day
The village is currently undergoing massive re-generation, in the form of new private housing and local facilities. The Brymbo Development company are undertaking complete development of the former steelworks site. Around 600 houses will be built by 2009.
[edit] External links
- Alan Owens's Brymbo Website
- Wrexham ==County== Borough Council Brymbo Man Index
- Fossil forest found at steelworks
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