In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brington like this:
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.
Brington through time
Brington is now part of Daventry district. Click here for graphs and data of how Daventry has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brington, in Daventry and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7632
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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