Brington, Northamptonshire

Brington is a civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish population was 482 people,[1] increasing to 496 at the 2011 census.[2]

Brington
Brington Location within Northamptonshire
Population	496 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP6564
District	Daventry (district)
Shire county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Northampton
Postcode district	NN7
Dialling code	01604
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry

It contains three villages:

• Great Brington
• Little Brington
• Nobottle

History

In the time of William the Conqueror, Brington appears as the manor of Brinintone within the Hundred of Nobottle,[3] one of many possessions of William Peverel.

Notable people

• Thomas Bache (died 1410), originally from Genoa, an eminent judge and statesman in medieval Ireland, became vicar of Brington in 1378.
• Rev. Henry Holmes Stewart (1847–1937), who won the FA Cup with Wanderers in 1873, was rector at the parish church from 1878 to 1898.[4]

References

1. Office for National Statistics: Brington CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 7 November 2009
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
3. Open Domesday Online: Brington
4. "Stewart, Henry (STWT866HH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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