Southsea, Wrexham

Village in Wales

Human settlement in Wales

Southsea

Location within Wrexham

OS grid referenceSJ301518Community

Broughton

Principal area

Wrexham

Preserved county

Clwyd

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53°03′32″N 3°02′35″W / 53.059°N 3.043°W / 53.059; -3.043

Southsea (Welsh: Glanrafon) is a formerly industrial village on the River Gwenfro in Broughton community, Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

The village came into being at the site of the Broughton Hall Brickworks and Plas Power Colliery. Its Welsh language placename (meaning "the bank of the river", glan yr afon) derives from that of a farm. Its exotic-sounding English name, however, comes from the South Sea Inn which used to stand over the road from the brickworks, and in a room of which the brickworks pay was distributed.

The Wrexham historian Alfred Neobard Palmer noted that the name Southsea first appeared on the rate books as early as 1786, though also commenting that this was "an absurd name which should never have been adopted, especially as there was an appropriate name ready to hand".^[1]

Southsea's church, All Saints, was formerly its church hall. The previous church, built in 1921 after the original building became unsafe due to mining subsidence, itself became unsafe and was demolished in 1984.^[2]

References

^ Southsea, All Saints, GENUKI. See Palmer, History of the Thirteen Country Townships of Wrexham, 1903
^ Southsea, All Saints Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Clwyd FHS

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Southsea, Wrexham.

www.geograph.co.uk: photographs of Southsea and surrounding area

Wrexham County Borough

Wrexham County Borough Council

Principal settlements

Chirk
Wrexham (Built-up area)

Communities

Other villages and areas

Universities and colleges

Buildings and structures

Castles	Chirk Castle Holt Castle The Rofft (former)

Geography

Rivers	Alyn Cegidog Ceiriog Clywedog Dee Eitha Gwenfro Nant-y-Ffrith Wych Brook
Reservoirs and lakes	Acton Park Lake Cae Llwyd Reservoir Chirk Castle Lake Fenn's Bank Mere Gresford Flash Hanmer Mere Llyn Bedydd Monk's Pool Pant-yr-ochain Lake Penycae Top Reservoir Ty Mawr Reservoir Wynnstay Park Lake

Transport

Railway lines	Borderlands line Shrewsbury to Chester line
Former lines	Glyn Valley Tramway (re-opening proposed) Moss Valley Branch Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway Wrexham and Minera Railway Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway Croes Newydd (former) Former stations
Railway stations	Chirk railway station Gwersyllt railway station Ruabon railway station Wrexham Central railway station Wrexham General railway station Proposed stations Wrexham North railway station Wrexham South railway station