Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRAMPTON-CHURCH, or Brampton-Magna

BRAMPTON-CHURCH, or Brampton-Magna, a parish in Brixworth district, Northamptonshire, on an affluent of the river Nen, a short distance W by S of Brampton r. station, and 4 miles NNW of Northampton. Post Town, Brampton-Chapel, under Northampton. Acres, 1,100. Real property, £1,727. Pop., 158. Houses, 36. The property is not much divided. Brampton Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £346.* Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church is decorated English, and is in good condition. Charities, £25.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Brixworth RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place names: BRAMPTON CHURCH     |     BRAMPTON CHURCH OR BRAMPTON MAGNA     |     BRAMPTON MAGNA
Place: Church Brampton

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