Brackenfield

Coordinates: 53°07′42″N 1°26′39″W / 53.1282°N 1.4443°W / 53.1282; -1.4443

Brackenfield

Brackenfield Church.

Brackenfield parish highlighted within Derbyshire
Population 214 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK372591
DistrictNorth East Derbyshire
Shire countyDerbyshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ALFRETON
Postcode district DE55
Dialling code 01629
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentNorth East Derbyshire
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Brackenfield is a village and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 214.[1]

The village is about five miles east of Matlock and four and a half miles northwest of Alfreton. It is also close to Clay Cross. Set in farming country, the village is located around a large village green. The parish of Brackenfield includes much of the attractive Ogston Reservoir.[2]

Brackenfield was originally known as Brackenthwaite, which probably meant "a bracken clearing". The suffix -thwaite is unusual in this part of the county, as it is commonly associated with more northern areas. It is of significance etymologically as it seems to point to the existence of a small colony of Norsemen or Norwegians, separate from the incursion of the Danes. The village later became known as Brackenfeld, and then Brackenfield.

The parish of Brackenfield was originally a township of nearby Morton. It was divided from it in 1758. The parish has the smallest population of all parishes in the North East Derbyshire district. Wessington had a population of 509 in 2001,[3] however in the 19th century it was around 350.

A horse named after the village unseated its rider when competing in the 1996 Grand National.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Civi Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Brackenfield, Derbyshireuk, accessed February 2009
  3. ↑ http://www.ne-derbyslocplan.net/intro.html

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