Brookthorpe
Village in Gloucestershire, England
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. It has a church called St Swithun's Church.
01History
The name "Brookthorpe" means 'Brook outlying hamlet'. Brookthorpe was recorded in the Domesday Book 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".
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- Four Mile House, Brookthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 1157637.jpg by Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0
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