Bramham cum Oglethorpe is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

forming part of the

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in the

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. The main settlement in the parish is Bramham. It was a

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and became a civil parish in 1866. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,715, which had fallen to 1,650 by the time of the 2011 census.

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Civil parishes in West Yorkshire City of Leeds {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub

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