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'''Minera''' ({{lang-cy|Mwynglawdd}}) is a small village in the [[Wrexham_(county_borough)| county borough of Wrexham]] in north-east [[Wales]]. It borders [[Coedpoeth]] to the east and [[Bwlchgwyn]] to the west.
Minera had always been an agricultural community, surrounded by farms, but lead mining had always gone on at Minera since the [[Middle Ages]]. During the industrial revolution, Minera transformed from a small hamlet into a large village. The village was surrounded by raw material industries such as [[Minera Leadmines]] and [[Minera Limeworks]]. The coming of the railways to Minera brought more prosperity, and brought benefits such as mail and newspapers. The [[Wrexham and Minera Branch]] served the village.
Minera's first chapel was built in 1804, on the site of the present chapel. It was named Minera Chapel until 1859, when it was renamed Pen y Bryn Chapel. The Vicarage doubled as ''Vicarage Halt'', a small passenger and parcels station with platform, only one hundred metres from Coedpoeth station, however, the passenger service stopped in 1923.
In the post-war era, the village expanded rapidly, thanks to council housing estates being built. The village expanded to border the village of [[Coedpoeth]]. Minera has the Five Crosses industrial estate, which houses many companies, such as Minera Roof Trusses and the Village Bakery.
==External links==
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/sites/wrexham/pages/minera.shtml BBC Wales mini-site.]
*[http://www.minerahistory.com Minera History]
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[[Category:Villages in Wrexham county borough]]
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