Bracewell and Brogden

Coordinates: 53°55′55″N 2°12′43″W / 53.932°N 2.212°W / 53.932; -2.212
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Bracewell and Brogden
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSKIPTON
Postcode districtBD23
Post townBARNOLDSWICK
Postcode districtBB18
Dialling code01282
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
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Lancashire
53°55′55″N 2°12′43″W / 53.932°N 2.212°W / 53.932; -2.212

Bracewell and Brogden was 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 included Bracewell (at grid reference SD863485) and Brogden (at SD858472); historically, both were in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

On 1 April 2023, the civil parish was abolished and its territory added to Barnoldswick civil parish.[2]

Toponymy

Bracewell: from a personal name, either Braegd or Breiđ, + 'well' = 'spring or stream': hence, 'Braegd's/Breiđ's spring or stream' [3]

Brogden: 'The valley of the brook'.[4]

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.[5]

Bracewell was once a very small

civil parishes in 1866, forming part of the Skipton Rural District until 1974.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. ^ "The Borough of Pendle Community Governance Order (No. 3)" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (4th ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  4. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (4th ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Bomber Camp Romano-British farmstead (1013817)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Bracewell AP/CP through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 June 2024.}
  7. ^ "Brogden CP/Tn through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 June 2024.}

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