Brackenthwaite, Buttermere

Brackenthwaite is a settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Buttermere, in the unitary authority area of Cumberland, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It is situated some 6 mi south of Cockermouth. It should not be confused with the identically named settlement of Brackenthwaite that is situated some 3 mi south-east of the town of Wigton in the same county. In 1931 the parish had a population of 89.

It is in Lake District and within the Copeland constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament. Prior to Brexit in 2020, it was part of the North West England constituency of the European Parliament.

History
Bracanethuaite 12th Century.

Old Norse brakni 'bush' and thveit 'assart' (cf. thwaite) like Bregentved (Denmark) and Bracquetuit (Normandy) (cf. Thuit).

Brackenthwaite was formerly a township in Lorton chapelry, from 1866 Brackenthwaite was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1934 and merged with Buttermere.