Broughton Hall was a large

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that was located in Broughton, Flintshire,

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. It was demolished in the early 1970s and houses now exist on the site. The only indication of its existence is the main road through the village; Broughton Hall Road. Richard Slaughter was resident from 1754, it was during this time that the front of the old mansion house was rebuilt in the

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stylePage 5, Remember When... Old Broughton, Bretton and Warren. Glynne Kay. 1991. In 1830 the Broughton Hall estate was purchased by the Glynne family and was leased to various members of the gentry. William Johnson, corn merchant,

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and

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and his family lived thereduring the latter years of the nineteenth century. During his time living at Broughton Hall, William Johnson made significant donations to the local church that included; the addition of a chancel and two stained glass windows in 1876-7. Stone portraits of William Johnson and his wife exist, on the outside of the church, as carvings either side of one of the stained glass windows In 1883 the mining engineer,

Horace Mayhew Horace Mayhew (20 June 1845 – 15 August 1926) of Broughton Hall, Flintshire, was a British mining engineer and colliery owner who founded the town of Broughton, Nova Scotia, now one of Canada's most famous ghost towns. He was the son of Joh ...

and family came to live in the area, eventually residing at Broughton Hall by the time of the 1901 census.1901 Wales Census Record An advertisement, for leasing the property, in 1895 describes the property as having five reception rooms, a billiard room, fourteen bedrooms, kitchen, cellars, stabling and gardens

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