Bracewell and Brogden

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Bracewell and Brogden
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Bracewell and Brogden
Location in Pendle Borough
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Bracewell and Brogden
Location within Lancashire
Population244 (2011)
OS grid reference SD860484
Civil parish
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SKIPTON
Postcode district BD23
Post townBARNOLDSWICK
Postcode district BB18
Dialling code 01282
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53°55′55″N2°12′43″W / 53.932°N 2.212°W / 53.932; -2.212 Coordinates: 53°55′55″N2°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.

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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]

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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]

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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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