A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BRINGTON, or Briton, two villages and a parish in Brixworth district, Northampton. The villages are Great Brington and Little Brington; and the former stands 1 mile N of the latter, in the western vicinity of Althorp Park, 4 miles NNE of Weedon r. station, and 7 NW of Northampton, and has a post office under Northampton. The parish includes also the hamlet of Nobottle. Acres, 3,761. Real property, £6,459. Pop., 806. Houses, 176. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £434. Patron, Earl Spencer. The church contains some fine monuments of the Spencer family; has a fine set of open benches of the 15th century; and is good. There are Baptist and Wesleyen chapels, an endowed school, and a poors' estate £225 ayear. Archbishop Chicheley was rector.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two villages and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Brington AP/CP Brixworth RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place names: | BRINGTON | BRINGTON OR BRITON | BRITON |
| Place: | Brington |
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