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unusual facts about Broughton, Flintshire



Alfred Broughton

On 8 June 2009 an afternoon play called 'How Are You Feeling, Alf?' about Broughton and the 1979 no confidence vote was aired on BBC Radio 4.

Anthony Stephen Mathew

Throughout his career in the church, he was rector of Glooston, Leicestershire from 1781 and the Duke of Buccleuch gave him the rectorship of Broughton, Northamptonshire in 1790 which he held until he died.

Arthur Leslie

Arthur Leslie (Arthur Scottorn Broughton) 8 December 1901 – 30 June 1970 was a British actor who was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire but moved to Lancashire at an early age.

Balchder Cymru

A meeting took place in Flintshire on 10 January 2004 between representatives of Balchder Cymru, Cymru 1400, Medi 16, and the RDM.

Baron Fairhaven

Broughton was the eldest son of the civil engineer, businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament, Urban H. Broughton, who died in January 1929 before his intended elevation to the peerage as Baron Fairhaven.

Blake Pelly

Blake Raymond Pelly OBE (31 May 1907, Buckley, Flintshire - 16 October 1990, Sydney) was an Australian air force officer, politician and businessman, who represented the Liberal Party of Australia in New South Wales Parliament.

Broughton Ales

Broughton Ales is a brewery near Broughton, which lies between the towns of Biggar and Peebles in Scotland.

Broughton Benjamin Pegge Burnell

Broughton Benjamin Pegge Burnell (c. 1774– 1850) was a landowner who lived at Beauchief Abbey and Winkbourn Hall.

Broughton Gallery

The Broughton Gallery is an art gallery in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the village of Broughton.

Broughton, Cambridgeshire

The small village has a lot of history, and once famous Eric Broadley founder of Lola Cars currently lives there.

Broughton, Edinburgh

The Scottish folk band Silly Wizard were based for some time in a flat located at 69 Broughton Street.

Broughton, Lancashire

During their 'glory years' of the late 1970s through the 1980s they were managed by ex-Preston North End & Birmingham City striker Eddy Brown.

Carden Aero Engines

Aircraft that have used the Carden-Ford 31hp engine are: Broughton-Blayney Brawney, B.A.C. Drone, Kronfeld Monoplane, Mignet HM.14 (Flying Flea), Perman Parasol, Taylor Watkinson Dingbat, and Chilton D.W.1 Monoplane.

Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire.

Dance United

In 2001 Royston Maldoom and Susannah Broughton had delivered a seminal project in HM Prison Holloway and Susannah undertook a tracking initiative to gauge just what impact the work had, over time on the women who had taken part.

Ermine Street

Before the diversion was made round the extended runway at Scampton, with a very slight diversion at Broughton, it was possible to travel about 33 miles, from the Newport Arch, the Roman north gate at Lincoln, to the Parish of Winteringham along a road so slightly curved as to be regarded as straight.

George Broughton

George Broughton is the father of the rugby league footballer, George Broughton, Jr.

Greg Broughton

Broughton's father, who is part Maori, was from Patea in New Zealand and moved to Australia when he was 20 years old.

Gwersyllt

The A541 road, locally known as the Mold Road is the main thoroughfare into Wrexham southbound, and northwards through south Flintshire onto Mold.

Gwynedd Is Conwy

Today the area is mostly contained within the unitary authorities of Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire.

Howell Elvet Lewis

Elfed was ordained in 1880 and was made pastor of St John’s English Congregational Church in Buckley, Flintshire, where the local Secondary School Elfed High School is named after him.

J. K. Annand

Born at Edinburgh to plumber William Annand and his wife Maggie Gold, educated at Broughton Secondary School, he graduated from Edinburgh University in 1930 and later taught at schools in Edinburgh and Whithorn.

Jack Broughton

Another of his fights, the epic and fatal Broughton v. Stevenson, served as the inspiration for Paul Whitehead's poem The Gymnasiad.

Jamie Jones-Buchanan

Jones-Buchanan is the half brother of Salford and former Leeds Academy player Jodie Broughton his other half-brothers Austin Buchanan and Brooke Broughton are also professional rugby league players.

Jock Delves Broughton

Erroll's former lover, Alice de Janzé, was initially viewed by the Happy Valley set as a suspect, but Delves Broughton - whose bride was very-publicly carrying on with Erroll - was arrested.

John Glynne

Sir John Glynne, 6th Baronet (1712–1777), Member of Parliament for Flintshire and Flint

Justice of Chester

Within the County Palatine (which encompassed Cheshire, the City of Chester, and Flintshire), the Justice enjoyed the jurisdiction possessed in England by the Court of Common Pleas and the King's Bench.

Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Montgomeryshire were made part of the Chester circuit, over which the Justice presided.

Kelloe

The Lordship of the Manor of Kelloe was bought by the Tempests of Broughton Hall, North Yorkshire, and bequeathed by Sir Henry Vane-Tempest to his daughter, Lady Frances Vane, who married the third Marquess of Londonderry.

Matt Barbet

Growing up in North Wales, Matt Barbet attended the Alun School in Mold, Flintshire and later studied at Cardiff University before returning to the Cardiff School of Journalism.

Myfanwy Talog

She was born in Caerwys, Flintshire, where a plaque can now be seen on the house where she was born.

O. Douglas

She attended Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow, but lived most of her later life in Peebles in the Scottish border country, not far from the village of Broughton where her parents first met.

Port Broughton, South Australia

The town has a number of sporting clubs including Cricket and Netball clubs, and an Australian rules football club playing in the Northern Areas Football Association as the Broughton-Mundoora Eagles.

Reformed Theological Review

Other notable associate and consulting editors include Broughton Knox, Leon Morris, and Bill Dumbrell.

Ryan Shawcross

During his primary school days, Shawcross played representative level football for Flintshire Boys; this team counts Gary Speed, Michael Owen and Ian Rush amongst its former players.

Sir Edward Bates, 1st Baronet

He lived at Bellefield, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, Manydown Park, Hampshire, and Gyrn Castle, Llanasa, Flintshire, Wales.

Sir Richard Hill, 2nd Baronet

His mother was Jane, daughter of Sir Brian Broughton, 3rd Baronet, of Broughton, by Elizabeth Delves.

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet

Sir (Robert William Herbert) Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet, KCB, DSO, of Bodelwyddan in the County of Flint, and of Gray's Inn in the county of Middlesex (1862 – 1951), was a Welsh soldier and landowner.

The Yellow Book

While The Saturday Review termed Broughton's piece "a drawing of merit" and Foschter's "a clever study", they decried the drawings under Beardsley's own name, deeming them "as freakish as ever".

W. G. Grace in the 1871 English cricket season

During July, Grace made two appearances for the USEE at Uppingham and Broughton, both being "odds" matches with 11 against 22.

William Cleaver

He was successively made vicar of Northop in Flintshire, prebendary of Westminster (1784), Principal of Brasenose College (1785), bishop of Chester (1787), bishop of Bangor (1800), and bishop of St Asaph (1806).

William Mattieu Williams

Later he turned his attention to the chemistry and manufacture of paraffin, and was appointed manager of the Leeswood Oil Company in 1863, when he left Birmingham for Caergwrle, Flintshire.

William Owen Stanley

Stanley married Ellin Williams, daughter of Sir John Williams of Bodelwyddan, Flintshire in 1832.

William Robert Broughton

The pub located within the British Embassy in Seoul is named "Broughton's Club" to commemorate Broughton's exploration of Northeast Asia, including the Korean Peninsula.

Williams-Wynn baronets

Today, the family is represented by Sir David, 11th Baronet, who remains active in Welsh life in Denbighshire and Flintshire.

Winifred Mary Letts

She was born on 10 February 1882 in Broughton, Salford, in what was then the County of Lancaster, (now Greater Manchester), to an English father (the Revd Ernest Letts) and Irish mother (Isabel Mary Ferrier).

Yelverton Paperweight Centre

The museum began as the private collection of Bernard Broughton, the postmaster of St Tudy in Cornwall.


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