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BRAFIELD, a parish and a subdistrict in Hardingstone district, Northampton. The parish is called also Brafield-on-the-Green; and lies 1 ½ mile S by E of Billing Road r. station, and 5 E by S of Northampton. Post Town, Little Houghton, under Northampton. Acres, 1,980. Real property, £2,442. Pop., 494. Houses, 108. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Little Houghton, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church was restored in 1858. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £16.-The subdistrict contains seven parishes. Pop., 3,414.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Brafield Registration Sub-District Hardingstone Poor Law Union/Registration District Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Brafield on the Green |
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