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