Bracewell and Brogden

Bracewell and Brogden

New House
Bracewell and Brogden
 Bracewell and Brogden shown within Lancashire
Population 244 (2011)
OS grid referenceSD860484
Civil parishBracewell and Brogden
DistrictPendle
Shire countyLancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SKIPTON
Postcode district BD23
Post town BARNOLDSWICK
Postcode district BB18
Dialling code 01282
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentPendle
List of places
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England
Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°55′55″N 2°12′43″W / 53.932°N 2.212°W / 53.932; -2.212

Bracewell and Brogden is a civil parish in the West Craven area of the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 238, increasing slightly to 244 at the 2011 Census.[1] The parish includes Bracewell (at grid reference SD863485) and Brogden (at SD858472, historically both were in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Toponymy

Bracewell: from a personal name, either Braegd or Breiđ, + 'well' = 'spring or stream': hence, 'Braegd's/Breiđ's spring or stream' [2]

Brogden: 'The valley of the brook'.[3]

History

The old Roman road from Ribchester to Ilkley passes through the parish, with the remains of a 4th century Romano-British farmstead known as Bomber Camp located next to the boundary with Gisburn.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (4th ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (4th ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Bomber Camp Romano-British farmstead (1013817)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2016.

External links

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St Michael's Church, Bracewell
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