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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brafield on the Green like this:
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.
Brafield on the Green is now part of WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brafield on the Green itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brafield on the Green, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7612
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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