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Brington And Molesworth
Brington may refer to: * Brington, Cambridgeshire, a village the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England * Brington, Northamptonshire Brington is a civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish population was 482 people, increasing to 496 at the 2011 census. It contains three villages: * Great Brington *Little Brington * Nobo ..., the civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England ** Great Brington, a village in the civil parish of Brington, Northamptonshire ** Little Brington, a village in the civil parish of Brington, Northamptonshire {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brington, Cambridgeshire
Brington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brington and Molesworth, in Cambridgeshire, England. Brington lies approximately north-west of Huntingdon. Brington is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 75. The neighbouring village of Molesworth is from Brington. The parish of "Brington and Molesworth" covers an area of . Just to the north of Brington and within the civil parish is RAF Molesworth. History In 1085 William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the Domesday Book. Starting with the king himself, for each landholder within a county there is a list of their estates or manors; and, for each manor, there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brington, Northamptonshire
Brington is a civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish population was 482 people, increasing to 496 at the 2011 census. It contains three villages: * Great Brington *Little Brington * Nobottle The name 'Brington' means 'Farm/settlement connected with Bryni'. History In the time of William the Conqueror, Brington appears as the manor of ''Brinintone'' within the Hundred of Nobottle, 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 Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Brington
Great Brington is a village in Northamptonshire, England, in the civil parishes in England, civil parish of Brington, Northamptonshire, Brington, which at the 2011 Census had a population of about 200. Mary, mother of Jesus, St Mary the Virgin's church is the parish church. The villages name means 'Farm/settlement connected with Bryni'. In 1508, John Spencer (died 1522), John Spencer from Wormleighton Manor, Wormleighton in Warwickshire purchased the estate of Althorp outside Great Brington with its moated house and several hundred acres of farmland.H. Gawthorne/S. Mattingly/G. W. Shaeffer/M. Avery/B. Thomas/R. Barnard/M. Young, Revd. N. V. Knibbs/R. Horne: "The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Great Brington. 800 Years of English History", published as "Brington Church: A Popular History" in 1989 and printed by Peerless Press. He had grazed sheep here from the 1480s. In 1508, impressed by the quality of the land, he eventually bought it and rebuilt the house.Sir John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
