| Buckley | |
| Welsh: Bwcle | |
  Buckley shown within the United Kingdom |
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| Population | 18,268 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Principal area | Flintshire |
| Constituent country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BUCKLEY |
| Postcode district | CH7 |
| Dialling code | 01244 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| European Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Alyn and Deeside |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Flintshire | |
Buckley (Welsh: Bwcle) is a town in Flintshire, northeast Wales. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude For Local government purposes Wales is divided into 22 Unitary authorities, which are responsible for the provision of all local government services including education History The current administrative area of Flintshire (a Unitary authority) came into existence in 1996 when the former Administrative county of Clwyd Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Chester postcode area, is a group of postal districts near the England / Wales border The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru is the Territorial police force responsible for policing North Wales. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru is the fire and rescue service covering the predominantly rural principal areas The Welsh Ambulance Service (also called the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust or Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru) was established on April 1 1998 Wales is a Constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 4 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional representation This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Alyn and Deeside is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ( Westminster) A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in Wales Lists of This is a list of Towns and Villages in the principal area of Flintshire, Wales. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic History The current administrative area of Flintshire (a Unitary authority) came into existence in 1996 when the former Administrative county of Clwyd It is the second largest town in Flintshire in terms of population, and is 2 miles (3. 2 km) from Mold, the county town. Mold (Yr Wyddgrug is a Town in Flintshire, North Wales, on the River Alyn. It is located on the A549 road, with the larger A55 road passing nearby, and is in the Alyn and Deeside parliamentary constituency. The A55, also known as the North Wales Expressway, is a major road in Britain. Alyn and Deeside is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ( Westminster) A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures goals or loyalty
It is contiguous with the nearby villages of Ewloe, Alltami (which are both under the jurisdiction of Buckley town council) and Mynydd Isa. Ewloe (ɛʊlɔɪ according to conventional Welsh phonology but locally ˈjuːləʊ is a small town in North Wales, contiguous with Hawarden and Alltami is a small village in Flintshire, in northeast Wales near the town of Buckley. A town council is a democratically elected form of government for small municipalities or Parishes A council may serve as both the representative and executive branch Mynydd Isa mənɪð ɪsɒ is a Village in Flintshire, in north-east Wales.
Notable nearby landmarks include Ewloe Castle. Ewloe Castle is a Castle situated in Wepre Park, near the town of Ewloe about a mile northwest of Hawarden and southwest of Connah's Quay
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History
Toponymy
The name Buckley comes from the Anglo-Saxon bok lee, meaning meadow, or field.
Early history
Buckley was an Anglo-Saxon location, with some of its houses recorded in the Domesday Book of the 11th century. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey However, the first documented evidence of its existence dates from 1294, when it was described as the pasturage of the Manor of Ewloe.
Mining and pottery
The town became an industrial heartland for pottery and coal between the 17th and 19th centuries. Pottery is the Ceramic ware made by potters It also refers to a group of materials that includes Earthenware, Stoneware However, it only grew into any kind of prominence during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, when coal and clay were extensively mined there, and the name Buckley became synonymous with the production of various fire-clay and pottery products. The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture manufacturing and transportation had a profound effect on the Clay is a naturally occurring material composed primarily of fine-grained Minerals which show plasticity through a variable range of Water content, and
Buckley was a popular location for mining, as there were many faults in local rock formations that allowed seams of coal to be mined directly from the surface. Its heavy, clay soil also allowed for excellent pottery and bricks to be manufactured. Bricks from Buckley were transported all across the United Kingdom and as far as the United States, as Buckley became a brickworking centre. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A great deal of people moved into the area, particularly from Ireland and Liverpool to find work in the mining and brick industries, giving the town a distinctive accent. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body A brick is a block of Ceramic material used in Masonry construction laid using mortar.
Many pottery and earthenware products manufactured were taken on the backs of donkeys to either Chester market or exported via the River Dee, as early as the reign of Elizabeth I. The donkey or ass, Equus asinus, is a member of the Equidae or horse family and an odd-toed ungulate. Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 The River Dee ( Welsh: Afon Dyfrdwy) is a 70-mile-long (110 km River. The last pottery kiln was fired in 1946. However, a local cement works is still in operation. In the most general sense of the word a cement is a binder a substance which sets and hardens independently and can bind other materials together
Buckley Panto
In 1932, a tradition started in Buckley of running an annual pantomime. Pantomime (informally panto) (not to be confused with a Mime artist, referring to a theatrical performer of mime is a performance genre traditionally found Dennis Griffiths produced a version of Dick Whittington in 1933, and ran the pantomime for 27 years, famously using the programme to invite any and all complaints to arrive written "on the back of a 10 shilling note (non-returnable)". Richard Whittington (c 1354&ndash1423 was a Medieval Merchant and Politician, and the real-life inspiration for the Pantomime character Dick The shilling is a unit of Currency used in current and former Commonwealth countries and was continued to be used in countries that left the commonwealth
World War 2
In the second world war a plane most likely on its way to Liverpool was shot down and landed in a nearby district. It is said that the plane's engine crashed into the trap. Catherall's brickworks. The pilot survived, captured and taken to Hawarden Prisoner of war camp.
Governance
Urban district status was conferred on the town in 1898; at this time, the area comprised of two parishes, Buckley (1874) and Bistre (1844). In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of Local government district that covered an Urbanised area Prior to then, it was divided between the parishes of Mold and Hawarden. Mold (Yr Wyddgrug is a Town in Flintshire, North Wales, on the River Alyn. Hawarden ( IPA /ˈhɑdən/ "Harden" Penarlâg is a town in Flintshire, North Wales, approximately 5 miles (as
Geography
Buckley is situated in North East Wales and is therefore in the lee of the Snowdonian mountain range to the West. Snowdonia (Eryri is a region of North Wales and a National park of in area This means that Buckley is in a 'rain shadow' area and average annual precipitation levels in the area are about 750 mm–850 mm, significantly lower than areas to the West of the Snowdonian mountain range. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to Despite this, Buckley still receives a fair amount of rainfall in comparison to the east side of Great Britain. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands
Dialect
Although very few locals speak with a 'Buckley' accent nowadays, due to people moving in and out of the area, and with the proliferation of television and radio, a few of the town's older citizens still speak in a form of the strongly accented dialect, full of colloquialisms, and often unintelligible to outsiders. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος dialektos) is a variety of a Language that is characteristic of a particular group of A colloquialism is an expression not used in formal speech, writing or Paralinguistics. The last remaining pure 'Buckley' speaker was noted linguist Dennis Griffiths, a Buckley resident, who died in 1972, and whose books are the main repository and record of the dialect. A few examples (mainly phonetic) are noted below:
- Wunst every blue moon - rarely occurring
- Thou fries me to death - the limit of boredom
- A lick and a promise - a quick wash
- Fasen the fost un fost - fasten the first one first
- The daddy on um aw - the best of the lot
- Husht thee naise - be quiet
- I conna meke thee out - I can't understand you
- Chunner - Complain
Present day
Today, Buckley has a population of around 18,500, and has numerous light industries. Those who cannot find work locally commute to Deeside, Cheshire, Wrexham and Merseyside. For Royal Deeside see River Dee Aberdeenshire Deeside (Glannau Dyfrdwy is the name given to the predominantly industrial Conurbation of towns that Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. Wrexham (Wrecsam is a town and principal area in Wales. It is the largest town in North Wales and lies to the east of the region Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1365900
The Castle Cement works at Padeswood is the only large scale industry remaining in the town. Castle Cement is a Cement production company located in the United Kingdom. Its huge new 200 ft kiln is now the major landmark on the skyline, visible from many miles away. The foot is an Anatomical structure found in many Animals It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows Locomotion. Cement kilns are used for the Pyroprocessing stage of manufacture of Portland and other types of hydraulic Cement, in which Calcium carbonate A skyline is best described as the overall or partial view of a Silhouette of a city's tall buildings and structures consisting of many Skyscrapers Despite many locals considering it an eyesore, it has reduced pollution produced by the cement works by up to 90%. In the most general sense of the word a cement is a binder a substance which sets and hardens independently and can bind other materials together [1]
Community facilities
Buckley has a large area of common land, known simply as 'The Common'. Common land (a common) is a piece of land owned by one person but over which other people can exercise certain traditional rights such as allowing their livestock to graze It has a large playground for children, as well as numerous duckponds. A playground or play area is an area designed for Children to play, indoors or outdoors For duck as a food see Duck (food; for other meanings see Duck (disambiguation. A pond is a body of water smaller than a Lake, both being examples of Terrain features Although the term pond is universally used to describe waterbodies that A funfair visits here during the Buckley Jubilee in the summer. Traveling carnival A funfair or simply fair (eg " County fair" " state fair" is a small to medium sized traveling Fair
There is also a small lake, known as 'The Trap', which is stocked with trout. Trout is the common name given to a number of Species of Freshwater Fish belonging to the Salmonidae family A German Messerschmitt bomber crashed into the Trap during World War II, shot down by anti-aircraft fire after going off course following a bombing run over Liverpool. ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force. Messerschmitt AG was a famous German Aircraft manufacturer known primarily for its World War II Fighter aircraft, notably the Bf 109 A bomber is a Military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets primarily by dropping Bombs on them World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging hostile military Aircraft in defence of ground objectives, ground or naval forces A bomb is any of a range of devices that typically rely on the Exothermic Chemical reaction of an Explosive material to produce an extremely Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary The surviving crew members were captured by a Special Constable, Peter Griffiths. The Special Constabulary is the part-time volunteer section of a statutory Police force in the United Kingdom or some Crown dependencies The land is primarily heavy clay soil. Clay is a naturally occurring material composed primarily of fine-grained Minerals which show plasticity through a variable range of Water content, and
Buckley has a shopping precinct, as well as one supermarket (run by Somerfield). Customer divider barjpg|thumb|In supermarkets sellers periodically change prices for classes of goods in response to market conditions rather than negotiating the price of each good Somerfield is a chain of small to medium-sized supermarkets operating in the United Kingdom.
Jubilee
Buckley observes a regional celebration and march over 200 years old called the Buckley Jubilee, which is celebrated on the second Tuesday of July. Officially, however, the Jubilee is 149 years old (as of 2005); the 150th was celebrated 11 July 2006. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The difference in dates stems from the 'official' date being set when the Buckley Temperance Society first sanctioned the march. See also Prohibition, Teetotalism The Temperance Movement attempted to reduce the amount of Alcohol consumed within a community or society in The Jubilee is a ceremonial march that begins on "The Common", a large area of common ground owned by the people of the town used for leisure and recreational purposes. The term 'jubilee' was first used in 1871.
On the Common starting at 3pm is a non-denominational Service led by the Minister of the Church/Chapel leading the Jubilee that year. In 2005, it was the Revd. Anthraparushra. The Sunday before the Jubilee, the leading church is presented with the Centenary Shield, which they hold for the year. A 15 minutes service takes place, with two hymns accompanied by the Royal Buckley Town Band. A hymn is a type of Song, usually religious specifically written for the purpose of praise adoration or Prayer, and typically addressed to a deity/deities The march then leaves the common, and marches through the town, with representatives from the local Sunday Schools, Scout and Guide troops, and many of the local schools. " Sunday school " is the generic name for many different types of Religious education pursued on Sundays by various denominations Girlguiding UK is the national Guiding organisation of the United Kingdom. A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an Institution designed to allow and encourage Students (or "pupils"
Royal Buckley Town Band
Buckley has a famous brass band, the Royal Buckley Town Band. A brass band is a Musical group generally consisting entirely of Brass instruments, most often with a percussion section The band is one of only two in the entire United Kingdom to have received sanction from a British monarch to use "Royal" in their name. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located TalkCommonewalth realm.--> The monarchy A monarchy is a Form of government in which supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in an individual who is the Head of state, often for life or They lead the Jubilee every year.
Education
Buckley has five primary schools - Westwood Primary, Mountain Lane C. See also Primary education A primary school (from French école primaire) is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory P. , Southdown C. P. , Ewloe Green C. P. , and Drury C. P.
Buckley has one secondary school, the Elfed High School. Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes Elfed High School is a High school on Mill Lane in Buckley, Flintshire, in northeast Wales. During the Second World War, it was built as a military hospital, and adapted for school use shortly after, in the early 1950s. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for Now in extreme circumstances the roof can convert into a landing pad for light aircraft and helicopters. The school includes a sports centre, and a newly constructed swimming pool, for use of both the students and the public. A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed Body of water intended for Swimming or Many students from Buckley also attend Argoed High School, located in nearby Bryn-y-Baal, or the Alun School, in Mold. Argoed High School is a Secondary school in Flintshire, Wales. Mynydd Isa mənɪð ɪsɒ is a Village in Flintshire, in north-east Wales. The Alun School is a large secondary school serving the community of Mold Flintshire, North Wales, and its surrounding villages All schools in Buckley are run by the Flintshire Local Education Authority. Flintshire Local Education Authority is the Local Education Authority of Flintshire, north Wales.
Music / culture
Buckley has one nightclub, the Tivoli Nightclub (known locally as "The Tiv"), on Brunswick Road. Formerly both a cinema and a music hall, the Tivoli has seen many bands play there over the years, including Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin in the early 1970s, and many Britpop bands including Oasis (in August 1994), Ocean Colour Scene and the Super Furry Animals in the 1990s. Black Sabbath are an Led Zeppelin were Britpop is a subgenre of Alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991 Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band from Birmingham. Super Furry Animals (also known as " SFA " the " Furries " and the " Super Furries " are a Welsh Rock band It has been described as 'one of the finest quirky little venues of our time', and is featured in the DVD re-issue of Oasis' album, Definitely Maybe. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Definitely Maybe is the debut album by the English rock band Oasis, released in 1994 [2] Between summer 1992 and spring 1993, Radiohead played there twice[3]. Radiohead Since a renovation and rebranding in 2000, few bands played live at the venue, with the club music policy having more emphasis on commercial dance and pop music, with a rock night on Fridays. Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Recently, bands such as Skindred, Hed PE and OPM have all played there. Skindred is a Welsh rock band from Newport. They are best known for their musical style which mixes heavy metal, Punk rock and Hed PE, also known as (hed planet earth and stylized as (həd p OPM is a Southern California based band, best known for their debut single "Heaven Is A Halfpipe The venue attracts crowds from Chester and Wrexham, both around 10 miles away from Buckley. Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 Wrexham (Wrecsam is a town and principal area in Wales. It is the largest town in North Wales and lies to the east of the region
The town was also home to a community radio project which used to broadcast 'trial' or 'temporary radio' licences to Buckley, Broughton, Mold, Deeside and the surrounding areas. Community radio is a type of Radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more WikipediaManual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English --> Molds (or For Royal Deeside see River Dee Aberdeenshire Deeside (Glannau Dyfrdwy is the name given to the predominantly industrial Conurbation of towns that The station was known as 'South Flintshire Radio' and its offices were found above the swimming baths on Mold Road. The station was heard on eight separate occasions between November 1996 and July 2000 as part of a campaign to bring a local radio station to Flintshire, following the demise of Mold-based BBC Radio Clwyd. History The current administrative area of Flintshire (a Unitary authority) came into existence in 1996 when the former Administrative county of Clwyd WikipediaManual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English --> Molds (or The project helped pave the way for a permanent local radio licence which was awarded to Chester FM (known as Dee 106.3) which broadcasts to Chester, Ellesmere Port, Deeside and Buckley. Dee 1063 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Chester. Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 Ellesmere Port is a large industrial town and cargo port in the district of Ellesmere Port and Neston, Cheshire, England, situated in the south of the For Royal Deeside see River Dee Aberdeenshire Deeside (Glannau Dyfrdwy is the name given to the predominantly industrial Conurbation of towns that
Buckley has a sizable two-storey library, with the second level being dedicated solely to history and reference pieces, mainly on the local area. A library is a collection of information sources resources and services and the structure in which it is housed it is organized for use and maintained by a public body an institution History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology The second floor also doubles as the local museum. A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the
Sport
Buckley has a football club in the Cymru Alliance, Buckley Town F.C.. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The Cymru Alliance (currently the Huws Gray Cymru Alliance, for sponsorship reasons is a football league and forms the second level of the Welsh football Buckley Town FC is a football team based in Buckley, Flintshire, Wales and playing in the Cymru Alliance (part of the
Transport
- Road
Buckley is located on the A549 road, and is near the A55 expressway, which passes to the south of Ewloe. The A55, also known as the North Wales Expressway, is a major road in Britain. Ewloe (ɛʊlɔɪ according to conventional Welsh phonology but locally ˈjuːləʊ is a small town in North Wales, contiguous with Hawarden and
- Bus
There are a number of bus routes that pass through Buckley, mostly operated by Arriva, which now means on most Weekdays a bus to Chester or Mold is available every 10 minutes. Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 WikipediaManual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English --> Molds (or
- Rail
Buckley railway station opened on 14 June 1860, with a line serving as a 5-mile line from Buckley to a junction with the London and North Western Railway Chester-Holyhead main line at Connah's Quay, in order to link collieries and brickworks in the Buckley area with a point of shipment on the River Dee. The Wrexham Mold and Connah's Quay Railway (WMCQR was incorporated on 7 August 1862 to build a line from Wrexham to Buckley. Buckley railway station serves the town of Buckley in Flintshire, Wales. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting The London and North Western Railway (LNWR L&NWR was a Railway company of the United Kingdom which existed between 1846 and 1922 Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 Holyhead ( IPA /ˈhɒlihɛd/ Welsh: Caergybi, "the fort of Saint Cybi " is the largest town in the county of Connah's Quay (Cei Connah is the largest Town in Flintshire, North Wales, lying on the River Dee, near the border with England
The Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway (WMCQR) was incorporated on 7 August 1862 to build a line from Wrexham to Buckley. The Wrexham Mold and Connah's Quay Railway (WMCQR was incorporated on 7 August 1862 to build a line from Wrexham to Buckley. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Wrexham (Wrecsam is a town and principal area in Wales. It is the largest town in North Wales and lies to the east of the region The Buckley Railway was opened in 1864 as a freight-carrying line, and was worked by horses. Cargo (or freight) refers to goods or produce transported generally for Commercial gain by ship, aircraft, train, The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae.
The WMCQR line - 12. 5 miles (20 km) in length - opened as a single line with short branches from Buckley to a point near the Great Western Railway station at Wrexham; it also had a connection with the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) at Hope. The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West The London and North Western Railway (LNWR L&NWR was a Railway company of the United Kingdom which existed between 1846 and 1922 The WMCQR took over the Buckley Railway from 30 June 1873. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Today, Buckley railway station is a minor stop on the Borderlands Line, which runs from Wrexham to Bidston on the Wirral. The Borderlands Line is the Railway line between Wrexham, Wales, and Bidston, Wirral, England. Wrexham (Wrecsam is a town and principal area in Wales. It is the largest town in North Wales and lies to the east of the region Bidston is a suburb of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. Wirral or the Wirral (ˈwɪrəl is a Peninsula in the north west of England. It is owned and operated by Arriva Trains Wales. Arriva Trains Wales (Trenau Arriva Cymru is a train operating company that operates urban and inter urban passenger services in Wales and the Welsh Marches Trains run every 60 minutes, Monday to Saturday daytimes, and infrequently at other times. Connections can be made at Shotton, Wrexham General or Bidston railway stations. Shotton railway station serves the town of Shotton, Flintshire, Wales. Wrexham General railway station (Wrecsam Cyffredinol is the main Railway station serving Wrexham, north-east Wales. Bidston railway station is a Railway station near the village of Bidston, Wirral, England. There are two platforms, one for each direction the line runs in.
- Air
The nearest major airports are Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Manchester Airport, both around 45 minutes' drive away, although there are minor airfields in nearby Hawarden and Broughton. An airport is a location where Aircraft such as airplanes, Helicopters and blimps take off and land Manchester Airport is a major Airport in the vicinity of Manchester, England, and the largest airport in the United Kingdom outside the Hawarden ( IPA /ˈhɑdən/ "Harden" Penarlâg is a town in Flintshire, North Wales, approximately 5 miles (as
Notable current or former residents
- Sylvia Heal, now a Labour Member of Parliament
- Ryan Shawcross, a professional footballer, who signed as a youth player with Manchester United in April 2006 [4]
- Cherry Dee, a professional glamour model and Page Three girl
- Danny Collins, professional footballer with Sunderland A.F.C.
References
- Dialect extracts are taken from Dennis Griffiths' book Talk of My Town, Buckley Young People's Cultural Association, 1969. Sylvia Lloyd Heal MP (born 20 July 1942) is a British Politician. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Ryan James Shawcross (born 4 October 1987) is an English footballer currently playing for Stoke City. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Cherry Daniella Andrea Frampton (born 11 June 1987) is a Glamour model and former Page Three girl from Buckley, North Glamour photography is the photographing of a model with the emphasis on the subject Danny Collins (born August 6 1980 in Chester, England) is a Welsh footballer currently playing for Sunderland and Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in It can be borrowed from Buckley Library.
- Out of This Clay Dennis Griffiths 1960 Published by Gee and Son, Ltd. , Denbigh
- The Making of Buckley and District by T. W. Pritchard, Bridge Books, 2006. ISBN 1-84494-031-4
External links
- Buckley Society Homepage
- BBC North East Wales site.
- Jubilee History
- BBC Jubilee Site
- A collection of items relating to the pottery industry in Buckley
- Tivoli Nightclub
- Information on the old railway line
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