Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BROCKHALL

BROCKHALL, a parish in Daventry district, Northampton; on Watling-street, the Grand Junction canal, and the Northwestern railway, 2½ miles N of Weedon station, and 4¼ E of Daventry. Post Town, Weedon. Acres, 861. Real property, £2,427. Pop., 54. Houses, 9. The property is divided among a few. Brockhall Park belonged formerly to the Eytons and the Tyrwhitts; and belongs now to T. R. Thornton, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £238.* Patron, T. R. Thornton, Esq. The church is partly Norman, and in good condition.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Brockhall AP/CP       Daventry RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Brockhall

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