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Isle of Man
The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
, stretching from the parishes of Michael and Lezayre
Lezayre
Lezayre is a parish in the Sheading of Ayre and lies central and north in the Isle of Man. The parish is bounded by Michael and Ballaugh to the west, Andreas and Bride to the north, the town of Ramsey and the parishes of Lonan and Maughold to the east, and Braddan to the south...
in the north, bordering on the parishes of German
German (parish)
German is a parish in the sheading of Glenfaba in the Isle of Man. it formerly included Peel, where St German's Cathedral is located. It includes most of the village of St John's , where the Tynwald ceremony is located. It is a mainly hilly area, apart from a small coastal plain near...
, Marown
Marown
Marown is a parish of the Isle of Man in the sheading of Middle. Historically it was in the sheading of Glenfaba.-Parish:Marown has an area of approximately nine square miles and is the only parish on the island that does not border the sea at some point...
and Onchan
Onchan
Onchan , is a village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man. It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Although administratively a village, it has the second largest population on the island, after Douglas, with which it forms a conurbation....
in the middle and bordering on Santon
Santon (parish)
Santon is a parish of the Isle of Man. It has an area of approximately eight square miles and is the island's smallest parish, located in the sheading of Middle which is composed of the parishes of Braddan, Marown and Santon. Currently the Captain of the Parish is Donald Gelling.The parish church...
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
Middle River, Isle of Man
The Middle River is a river in the parish of Braddan in the Isle of Man which runs from Colooneys Farm area on the Marown parish border down under the original Fairy Bridge to Oakhill where it makes a 90 degree turn north eastwards to run past the Pulrose Golf Club to join the River Douglas near...
runs through the parish in the Kewaigue
Kewaigue
Kewaigue is an area, hill and school near White Hoe in the parish of Braddan, near to Douglas, Isle of Man-Photographs:* - The famous Okells Brewery* - The new bridge and old "Snotty Bridge"....
- Oakhill area where the original Fairy Bridge
Fairy Bridge
Fairy Bridge might refer to several locations in China, on the Isle of Man or one on the Isle of Skye.-Builiu River, China:Fairy Bridge is a Natural Bridge over the Buliu River northwest of Fengshan in Guangxi Province, China...
can be found.
The parish church (Kirk Braddan, 1876) is by John Loughborough Pearson
John Loughborough Pearson
John Loughborough Pearson was a Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his generation.-Early life and education:Pearson was born in Brussels, Belgium on 5...
. 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
Douglas, Isle of Man
right|thumb|250px|Douglas Promenade, which runs nearly the entire length of beachfront in Douglasright|thumb|250px|Sea terminal in DouglasDouglas is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,218 people . It is located at the mouth of the River Douglas, and a sweeping...
.
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.