Brudenell, Ontario is a community in the township of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.

The history of Brudenell is most often presented as a "boom and bust" narrative in which the village experience a period of rapid-paced development, peaking in the 1880s, followed by a period of steep economic decline and eventual abandonment. The village is now commonly referred to as a "ghost town" though this characterization does little justice to the history of the settlement, nor to current residents, many of whom are descendants of the original settlers.

During the 1880s, Brudenell became known known as the 'sin-bucket' of the Opeongo Line due to its three hotels, offering gambling, alcohol and other vices.

In 1893, the local portion of the Canada Atlantic Railway was built, bypassing Brudenell in favour of nearby Killaloe, Ontario, as decided by then-Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier. This led to a permanent economic decline for Brudenell.

Brudenell is now home to a fire station and Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church, which hosts an annual supper to raise funds for the maintenance of parish buildings. The supper is famous for its traditional sand-baked beans.

A social club may refer to a group of people or the place where they meet, generally formed around a common interest, occupation or activity (e.g. hunting, fishing, science, politics or charity work). Note that this article covers only two distinct types of social clubs, the historic gentlemen's clubs and the modern activities clubs. This article does not cover a variety of other types of clubs having some social characteristics, for example specific single-activity based clubs, military officers' clubs, country clubs, and fraternities and sororities.

Working men's clubs developed in Britain during Victorian times as institutes where working class men could attend lectures and take part in recreational pursuits. The Reverend Henry Solly founded the Working Men's Club and Institute Union (CIU) for this purpose in 1862. Many middle class social reformers founded these clubs during the temperance movement as a place to relax without alcohol, but in time this changed. They became a combination of public houses (pubs), music-halls, and clubs, becoming places to be entertained, to drink socially, and to play bar games. Their mainly working-class patronage is not seen as fashionable among some sections of society today^{[citation needed]}, and they have come under increasing pressure regarding attitudes to membership rights for women and ethnic minorities. The CIU was heavily involved in resisting the banning of smoking in private clubs; it remains to be seen how many survive the change of law.

Coordinates: 53°48′36″N 1°34′12″W / 53.810°N 1.570°W / 53.810; -1.570

The Brudenell Social Club is a social club in the Hyde Park area of Leeds, England. It is best known as a venue for live music.

The Brudenell was formed as a 'gentleman's social and recreational club' in 1913 and originally was a social club for cabaret and bingo. The venue is a music venue in Leeds due to its proximity to Hyde Park, one of two areas in the city with extremely high student populations (the other being Headingley). Since the recent resurgence in the popularity of post-rock, the Brudenell has established a reputation for showcasing many of the best and upcoming bands of this genre. Recently this has included gigs by Jeniferever, God Is An Astronaut and iLiKETRAiNS.

As well playing host to many lesser-known bands, the Brudenell has hosted 'secret' gigs by the likes of Franz Ferdinand (in April 2004 under the pseudonym 'The Black Hands'), The Kooks and the Kaiser Chiefs. The Cribs also played many of their early gigs there and continue to play regularly. It was the venue of The Cribs charity fund raising Christmas event, Cribsmas, which also featured Franz Ferdinand, the Kaiser Chiefs and Kate Nash.