Brington, Northamptonshire

Brington
Brington
	Brington Location within Northamptonshire
Population	496 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP6564
District	West Northamptonshire;
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;
	List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52°16′29″N 1°02′30″W / 52.2748°N 1.0416°W

Brington is a civil parish in West 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]

It contains three villages:

The name 'Brington' means 'Farm/settlement connected with Bryni'.^[3]

History

In the time of William the Conqueror, Brington appears as the manor of Brinintone within the Hundred of Nobottle,^[4] one of many possessions of William Peverel.

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.^[5]

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