Brackenthwaite, Buttermere Parish, Cumbria

Brackenthwaite
Brackenthwaite  Brackenthwaite shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY151221
Civil parish	Buttermere
District	Allerdale
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Copeland
List of places UK England Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°35′14″N 3°18′47″W / 54.587333°N 3.313065°W / 54.587333; -3.313065

Brackenthwaite is a settlement in Lake District of England. It is situated some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Cockermouth in the English county of Cumbria. It should not be confused with the identically named settlement of Brackenthwaite that is situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of the town of Wigton in the same county.

For administrative purposes, Brackenthwaite lies within the civil parish of Buttermere, the district of Allerdale, and the county of Cumbria. It is within the Workington constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament, and the North West England constituency of the European Parliament.^[1]

Etymology

Bracanethuaite 12th Century.

Old Norse brakni 'bush' and thveit 'assart' (cf. thwaite) like Bregentved (Denmark) and Bracquetuit (Normandy) (cf. Thuit).^[2]

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