History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire [1851] Papyras Classics

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Chapter 69

Bronygarth,

a small township in St. Martin’s parish, with 645a. 1r. 28p. of land, lies on the verge of the county, and is separated from Denbighshire by the Ceireog river. It lies about four miles W.W. by N. from the parish church, and in 1841 had 71 houses and 164 inhabitants. Frederick Richard West, Esq., and the Rev. John Croxon Phillips, are the land owners and impropriators; to the former was apportioned £36, and to the latter £56, when the tithes were commuted. The rateable value of the township is £1168. Tyn-y-rhos is a good house pleasantly situated, the residence and property of the Rev. John C. Phillips. The scenery in this township is bold and romantic, and some of the land is cold and exposed. Lime works have been established on the northern confines of the township, bordering on Wales; lime is extensively used by the farmers as a fertilizer, particularly in the north-west parts of the county.

Directory.—Rev. John Croxon Phillips, Tyn-y-rhos; Moses Edwards, lime burner; John Hughes, carpenter; John Jones, blacksmith; William Lloyd, blacksmith; William Mason, shoemaker; Richard Orford, vict., Britannia, John Owen, farmer; Thomas Owen, farmer; Robert Roberts, butcher; Jane Williams, shopkeeper.