Brookthorpe is a village and former
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...
, now in the parish of
Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon, in the
Stroud
Stroud is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is the main town in Stroud District. The town's population was 13,500 in 2021.
Below the western escarpment of the Cotswold Hills, at the meeting point of the Five ...
district, in the county of
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Gl ...
, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 194. It has a church called
St Swithun's Church.
History
The name "Brookthorpe" means 'Brook outlying hamlet'. Brookthorpe was recorded in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
as ''Brostorp''.
On 1 April 1935 the parish of
Whaddon was merged with Brookthorpe, on 3 July 1956 the parish was renamed "Brookthorpe with Whaddon".
References
External links
Stroud Voices (Brookthorpe filter) - oral history site
Villages in Gloucestershire
Former civil parishes in Gloucestershire
Stroud District
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