Brookthorpe

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Brookthorpe
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Brookthorpe
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference SO837121
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51°48′29″N2°14′13″W / 51.808°N 2.237°W / 51.808; -2.237 Coordinates: 51°48′29″N2°14′13″W / 51.808°N 2.237°W / 51.808; -2.237

Brookthorpe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon, in the Stroud district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 194. [1] It has a church called St Swithun's Church.

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History

The name "Brookthorpe" means 'Brook outlying hamlet'. [2] Brookthorpe was recorded in the Domesday Book as Brostorp. [3]

On 1 April 1935 the parish of Whaddon was merged with Brookthorpe, [4] on 3 July 1956 the parish was renamed "Brookthorpe with Whaddon". [5]

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References

  1. "Population statistics Brookthorpe With Whaddon CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  2. "Brookthorpe Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. "Gloucestershire A-F". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. "Gloucester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  5. "Gloucester Rural Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

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