Place:


Bringhurst  Leicestershire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bringhurst like this:

BRINGHURST, a township and a parish in the district of Uppingham and county of Leicester. The township lies on the river Welland, ¾ of a mile SW of Great Easton, and 2 W of Rockingham r. station. Pop., 109. Houses, 25. The parish contains also the townships of Drayton and Great Easton; the latter of which has a post office under Uppingham. ...


Acres, 3,650. Real property, £7,504. Pop., 825. Houses, 180. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Great Easton, in the diocese of Peterborough Value, £241. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of P. Both B. church and G. E. church are good; and there are three dissenting chapels.

Bringhurst through time

Bringhurst is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bringhurst itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bringhurst, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10649

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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