Braddan

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Braddan is an elongated parish in the sheading of Middle in the Isle of Man, stretching from the parishes of Michael and Lezayre in the north, bordering on the parishes of German, Marown and Onchan in the middle and bordering on Santon in the south.

The northern end of the parish is mountainous. The southern end is flatter and includes residential districts adjacent to Douglas.

The Middle River runs through the parish in the Kewaigue - Oakhill area where the original Fairy Bridge can be found.

The parish church (Kirk Braddan, 1876) is by John Loughborough Pearson. The former parish church (Old Kirk Braddan, 1777) contains some ancient crosses considered as excellent.

The parish district of Braddan (the local government district administered by Braddan Parish Commissioners) comprises the whole of the parish excluding those parts falling within the borough of Douglas.

The ecclesiastical parish of Braddan comprises the parish district (above), excluding the Baldwin area, with the chapel of St Luke's, which was transferred to the ecclesiastical parish of Marown in 1978. It also includes the Anagh Coar, Ballaughton and Farmhill suburbs of Douglas. The rest of the ancient parish, now within the borough of Douglas, is comprised in the ecclesiastical parishes of St George's, St Barnabas' (now merged with St George's), St Matthew's, and parts of St Thomas' and St Ninian's, which were established in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

[edit] References

• Braddan Commissioners Website - with photogallery and in depth information.
• Manxnotebook Braddan Detail about Manx parishes and description of the parish.
• Manxnotebook - Braddan – with full description of the parish and photographs
• Manxnotebook Kirk Braddan Antiquities
• Isle of Man Building Control Districts – showing parish boundaries
• Glenology - Manx Glens An ongoing study of Manx glens, their locations and meanings
• Kirk Braddan and Old Kirk Braddan

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