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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.

Bracewell and Brogden

New House
Bracewell and Brogden
Location in Pendle Borough
Bracewell and Brogden
Location within Lancashire
Population244 (2011)
OS grid referenceSD860484
Civil parish
  • Bracewell and Brogden
District
  • Pendle
Shire county
  • Lancashire
Region
  • North West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSKIPTON
Postcode districtBD23
Post townBARNOLDSWICK
Postcode districtBB18
Dialling code01282
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
  • Pendle
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire
53.932°N 2.212°W / 53.932; -2.212

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]

St Michael's Church, Bracewell
St Michael's Church, Bracewell

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. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bracewell and Brogden Parish (1170215069)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  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.


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