Brington, Northamptonshire
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Brington is a civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish population was 482 people,<ref>Office for National Statistics: Brington CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 7 November 2009</ref> increasing to 496 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
It contains three villages:
The name 'Brington' means 'Farm/settlement connected with Bryni'.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
History
In the time of William the Conqueror, who reigned from 1066 to 1087, Brington appears in the Domesday Book as the manor of Brinintone within the Hundred of Nobottle,<ref>Open Domesday Online: Brington</ref> 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 at the parish church from 1878 to 1898.<ref name = "Venn">Template:Acad</ref>