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Brackenfield is a village and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. 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.〔(Brackenfield ), Derbyshireuk, accessed February 2009〕 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,〔http://www.ne-derbyslocplan.net/intro.html〕 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 == *List of places in Derbyshire 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brackenfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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