Brookthorpe

Human settlement in England
  • Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon
District
  • Stroud
Shire county
  • Gloucestershire
Region
  • South West
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England
Gloucestershire
51°48′29″N 2°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.

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]

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.

External links

  • Stroud Voices (Brookthorpe filter) - oral history site

Media related to Brookthorpe at Wikimedia Commons


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