Bracewell and Brogden

Bracewell and Brogden
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Bracewell and Brogden
Bracewell and Brogden shown within Lancashire
Population	244 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD860484
Civil parish	Bracewell and Brogden
District	Pendle
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SKIPTON
Postcode district	BD23
Post town	BARNOLDSWICK
Postcode district	BB18
Dialling code	01282

Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West

EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Pendle

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.

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]

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]

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (4th ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (4th ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
↑ Historic England. "Bomber Camp Romano-British farmstead (1013817)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2016.

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