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5 unusual facts about Brockley


Brockley, Somerset

Nailsea Court near Chelvey dates from the 15th century and is a Grade I listed building.

Brockley Hall Stables, the former stable block of Brockley Hall, is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) because the roofspace hosts a large breeding colony of greater horseshoe bats during summer.

Church of St Andrew, Backwell

The parish is part of the benefice of Backwell with Chelvey and Brockley within the deanery of Portishead.

Church of St Bridget, Chelvey

Bridget's Church in Chelvey, Brockley, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century, and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.

St Nicholas' Church, Brockley

St Nicholas' Church in Brockley, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century, and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.


Ali Fuseini

Once at St Joseph's Academy, Blackheath, he discovered he had a talent for football, and was soon playing in midfield for Sunday league team Dulmore Albion, based in Brockley Rise.

Brockley Combe

Brockley Coomb by British Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which is subtitled Lines composed while climbing the left ascent of Brockley Coomb, May 1795; and Brockley Coomb by British poet Arthur Hugh Clough.

Brockley Nature Reserve

The entrance is on Vesta Road situated between Barriedale in Brockley and Sandbourne Road, Telegraph Hill.

Lovers rock

Dennis Harris then set up a new record label, Lover's Rock, at the south east London premises on Upper Brockley Road along with John Kpiaye and Dennis Bovell, which gave the new genre a name.

The Woodcraft Folk

Woodcraft Folk was established by Leslie Paul in 1925 after the south London co-operative groups challenged Hargrave's authoritarian tendencies over his refusal to recognise a local group called "The Brockley Thing" and broke away from the Kindred.

Walter Southey

He is buried at Ladywell Cemetery, near Brockley, London, England, in Plot 103J.


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