Stoke Bruerne Northamptonshire Family History Guide
Stoke Bruerne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northamptonshire. Shutlanger is a chapelry of Stoke Bruerne.
Alternative names: Stoke Bruern
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1560
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1705
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STOKE-BRUERNE, a village and a parish in Towcester district, Northampton. The village stands on the Grand Junction canal, 1¼ mile SW of Roader. station, and 3½ E by N of Towcester; and has a post-office under Towcester. The parish includes Shuttlehanger hamlet, and comprises 2,569 acres. Real property, £4,286. Pop., 824. Houses, 198.
The property is divided among three chief proprietors and several smaller ones. S. House was the seat of F. Crane, a courtier of Elizabeth and James I.; and was visited by Charles I. Shoemaking and pillow-lace-making are carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £540. Patron, Brasenose College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are two Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £22.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Northamptonshire
- Civil Registration District: Towcester
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Preston
- Poor Law Union: Towcester
- Hundred: Cleley
- Province: Canterbury







































































