BRINGHURST, a township and a parish in the district of Uppingham and county of Leicester. The township lies on the river Welland, ¾ of a mile SW of Great Easton, and 2 W of Rockingham r. station. Pop., 109. Houses, 25. The parish contains also the townships of Drayton and Great Easton; the latter of which has a post office under Uppingham. Acres, 3,650. Real property, £7,504. Pop., 825. Houses, 180. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Great Easton, in the diocese of Peterborough Value, £241. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of P. Both B. church and G. E. church are good; and there are three dissenting chapels.

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