Braybrooke, Northamptonshire Family History Guide
Braybrooke is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire.
Alternative names: Bradybrooke, Braybrook
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1653
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1706
Nonconformists include: Baptist
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BRAYBROOKE, a village and a parish in the district of Market-Harborough, and county of Northampton.
The village stands near the Leicester and Bedford railway, 3 miles SSE of Market-Harborough; and has a post office under Market-Harborough. It gives the title of Baron to the family of Neville-Griffin.
The parish comprises 3,060 acres. Real property, £4,923. Pop., 458. Houses, 99. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Griffins, ancestors of Lord Braybrooke, and had a castle.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £600. Patron, the Rev. J. W. Field. The church contains effigies of Sir T. Latimer and Sir N. Griffin; and is good.
There are a Baptist chapel, and charities £21.
Robert de Braybrooke, Lord Chancellor at the beginning of the 15th century, was a native.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BRAYBROOK (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Market-Harborough, hundred of Rothwell, N. division of the county of Northampton, 2½ miles (S. E.) from Harborough; containing 420 inhabitants.
The parish is on the road between Harborough and Kettering, which bounds it on the north; and comprises by computation 2778a. 2a. 39p., whereof 2543 acres are pasture, 215 arable, and 20 plantation. The soil is of first-rate quality, and watered by numerous streams; the village is very healthy.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £23. 6. 10½.; net income, £600; patron and incumbent, the Rev. J. Field: there are 313 acres of glebe, together with tithes of the old inclosure, now commuted into a rent-charge; also a spacious glebe-house. The church is a very handsome edifice in the decorated English style, consisting of a nave, north and south chancel, and two aisles; in the south chancel is an elaborately wrought monument to Sir Nicholas Griffin.
There is a place of worship for Baptists. Braybrook gives the title of Baron to the family of Neville-Griffin.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Northamptonshire, Braybrooke – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Braybrooke, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Northamptonshire, Braybrooke – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Braybrooke, 1706-1881
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Braybrooke (Northamptonshire)
England, Northamptonshire, Braybrooke, parish registers, 1653-1697
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Braybrooke (Northamptonshire); Northamptonshire Record Office
Parish registers for Braybrooke, 1653-1972
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Braybrooke (Northamptonshire)
Administration
- County: Northamptonshire
- Civil Registration District: Market Harborough
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Rothwell
- Poor Law Union: Market Harborough
- Hundred: Rothwell
- Province: Canterbury