Parish and District of Hawarden.
The Parish of Hawarden is a very extensive one, containing upwards of
17,000 acres, with a population, according to the census of 1871, of
7088. Sixteen townships are included in it; Hawarden, Broadlane, Mancot
Aston, Shotton, Pentrobin, Moor, Rake, Manor, Bannel, Bretton, Broughton,
Ewloe Wood, Ewloe Town, Saltney and Sealand. To provide for the
spiritual wants of so large a district, four daughter churches have been
built--viz.: S. Matthew's, Buckley, {35a} in 1822, S. Mary's, Broughton,
{35b} in 1824, S. Johns, Penymynydd, {35c} in 1843, and S. Bartholomew's,
Sealand, in 1867. The work of the Parish Church is now further
supplemented by three new School-chapels at Shotton, Sandycroft and
Ewloe. The chief portion of Saltney, and the district of Buckley, have
been recently separated from Hawarden for ecclesiastical purposes.
{Lodge Gate--Broughton Approach: p35.jpg}
The Rector of Hawarden has also to provide for the management and support
of eight National Schools, involving an annual expenditure of 1460
pounds. The requirements of the Education Act of 1870 involved an outlay
of 4300 pounds raised entirely from local sources.
The patronage of the living is vested in the Lord of the Manor. {36} The
Rev. S. E. Gladstone, the present Rector, was appointed by the late Sir
Stephen Glynne in 1872.
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