Place:Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England

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NameBrookthorpe
Alt namesBrookthorpe with Whaddonsource: name of parish since 1956
Brookthorpe-with-Whaddonsource: Wikipedia
Brockthorpesource: old form of Brookthorpe
Brockthropsource: old form of Brookthorpe
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.808°N 2.242°W
Located inGloucestershire, England
See alsoDudstone and Kings Barton Hundred, Gloucestershire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Wheatenhurst Rural, Gloucestershire, Englandrural district 1894-1935
Gloucester Rural, Gloucestershire, Englandrural district 1935-1974
Stroud District, Gloucestershire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Brookthorpe from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BROCKTHROP, or Brockthorpe, a parish in Wheatenhurst [registration] district, Gloucestershire; under the wolds, adjacent to the Gloucester and Bristol railway, 1½ mile NNE of Haresfield station, and 4 S of Gloucester. It has a post office, of the name of Brockthorpe, under Gloucester. Acres: 1,009. Real property: £2,516. Population: 180. Houses: 40. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Whaddon, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value: £186. Patrons: the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester, two turns, and Sir J. Neeld, Bart., one turn. The church is early English, in tolerable condition; and has, on the cornice of the porch, a curious inscription relating to the execution of Charles I."
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Brookthorpe is located to the south of the city of Gloucester, close to the escarpment of the Cotswold hills. In 1935 Brookthorpe absorbed part of the neighbouring parish of Whaddon and the whole of the much smaller parish of Matson. The parish was simply known as Brookthorpe until 1956 when it was renamed Brookthorpe with Whaddon. The parish is now in the Stroud District and had a population of 308 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 322 at the 2011 census.


Whaddon is almost contiguous with the Gloucester suburb of Tuffley, while Brookthorpe is one mile (1.5 km) further south, on the other side of the M5 motorway and close to the escarpment of the Cotswold hills.

In 1935 Whaddon was abolished as a parish with its area divided between the City of Gloucester and Brookthorpe. The parish was simply known as Brookthorpe until 1956 when it was renamed Brookthorpe with Whaddon.

parish (ancient), civil parish; Wheatenhurst RD until 1935; Gloucester RD after 1935; absorbed Matson and Whaddon at this time.

Research tips

  • The FamilySearch wiki states that Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
  • The website British History Online provides eight chapters out of at least eleven of the Victoria County History Series on Gloucestershire. Some of these are outlines of topics concerning the whole county, others contain descriptions of cities, towns and villages of varying sizes throughout the area.
  • Brett Langston's Registration Districts in Gloucestershire follows the history of registration district provision in Gloucestershire from its inception in 1837 through to the present day.
  • GENUKI has a brief overall guide to various sources of information for the county.
  • The FamilySearch Wiki on Gloucestershire provides information similar to that in GENUKI.
  • Gloucestershire Archives for older sources such as pre-1837 parish registers and other contemporary documents. Address: Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, England GL1 3DW
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