Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon

Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon
Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon
	Saint Margaret's Church, Whaddon
	Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon Location within Gloucestershire
Population	322 (2011)
OS grid reference	SO837121
Civil parish	Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon;
District	Stroud;
Shire county	Gloucestershire;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Gloucester
Postcode district	GL4
Dialling code	01452
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Stroud;
	List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°48′29″N 2°14′13″W / 51.808°N 2.237°W

Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon, formerly just Brookthorpe, is a civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England.^[1] According to the 2001 census it had a population of 308, increasing to 322 at the 2011 census. In 2019 the population was estimated at 395.^[2] It consists of the small villages of Brookthorpe and Whaddon, both to the south of Gloucester.

Whaddon is almost contiguous with the Gloucester suburb of Tuffley,^[3] while Brookthorpe is 1 mile (1.6 km) farther south, on the other side of the M5 motorway and close to the escarpment of the Cotswold hills.

To the north of the parish is the unparished area of the City of Gloucester. Parishes adjoining Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon are: Upton St Leonards to the north-east; Painswick to the east; Harescombe to the south; Haresfield to the south-west; and Quedgeley to the west. The last is in Gloucester district, the others are in Stroud district.

History

On 1 April 1935 the parish of Whaddon was merged with Brookthorpe,^[4] on 3 July 1956 the parish was renamed "Brookthorpe with Whaddon".^[5]

References

^ "Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon Parish Council". Stroud District Council. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Local Insight profile for 'Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon CP' area" (PDF). Gloucestershire County Council. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ Stilliard, Ed. "Gloucester MP slams plans for 3,000 homes and new school in Tuffley". Gloucestershire Live. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Gloucester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^ "Gloucester Rural Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

External links

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[1] "Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon Parish Council". Stroud District Council. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[2] "Local Insight profile for 'Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon CP' area" (PDF). Gloucestershire County Council. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[3] Stilliard, Ed. "Gloucester MP slams plans for 3,000 homes and new school in Tuffley". Gloucestershire Live. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[4] "Gloucester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

[5] "Gloucester Rural Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

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