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The town
of Buckley
Buckley is a growing town of just under 15,000 people. There
has been a settlement on or near the site of the present town since the Bronze
Age and the name Buckley has been documented since the time of the Norman
Conquest.
The town has long been an important centre of industry in
North Wales, known for its potteries, brickworks and coal mines. The Wrexham,
Mold and Connah's Quay Railway arrived in Buckley in 1866 and gave industry a
further boost by connecting the town to the national network.
The town is famous for its Bricks that were produced locally
until only recently and which were known across the world and commemorated in a
Heritage Trail which uses those local bricks in a series of sculptures. While
much of the heavy industry of the past has now left Buckley, other businesses
have taken their place. Castle Cement, the club's main sponsor, sits on the
outskirts of town at Padeswood and Airbus maintain a site on Drury New Road.
The town also hosts an annual Jubilee that celebrated its 150th year in 2006.
You can find a directory of businesses in Buckley on this
site here.
Its centre includes a pedestrianised shopping area and the
well-known local club,
the Tivoli, is a big draw from a wide area.
Jonathan Catherall set up one of the town's potteries and
also established the first non-conformist chapel in Buckley. The site of this
chapel is now occupied by St John's Church. The parish church of Buckley, St
Matthew's, was consecrated in 1822, and is known for its memorials to William
Gladstone and John Ruskin. Further information on the history of the town can be
found at the town's library which houses copies of magazines produced by the
Buckley Society as well as a Heritage Centre with information on the town's
past. Further information about the heritage can be found on the Buckley Society’s web site at
http://www.buckleysociety.org.uk/society.htm
or the BBC host their own pages about all things Buckley at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/sites/buckley_town/. If you are
interested in local history then there is also another site from the BBC at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/work/wales/w_ne/index.shtml that is also very
interesting.
Also, nearby Etna Park has reclaimed land which had
previously been used as a landfill site to provide an area of meadowland and
woods for walking and picnicking. It is here that you find the Football Club on
Globe Way. The club is surrounded by the Etna Park and the purpose built complex
sits at about 500 feet above sea level on the side of a hill that overlooks the
Dee Estuary and the Wirral.
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