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Brynford
Brynford is a village in Flintshire, Wales. It is located to the south west of the town of Holywell and near the A55 road (North Wales Expressway). At the 2001 Census, Brynford had a population of 1,098, reducing to 1,059 at the 2011 Census.
Amenities in Brynford include St. Michael's Church, a local village shop, two inns, a park, golf club, private day nursery and local bus company, Oares Coaches. The Cynfaen Memorial Methodist Chapel, serving Brynford, is in the nearby village of Calcoed.
Historically, the area was extensively mined for lead and has been left with the scars of that past all over its common land.
The explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley was a student teacher in the old village school.