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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brigstock like this:
BRIGSTOCK, a village and a parish in Thrapston district, Northampton. The village stands on an affluent of the river Nen, near Rockingham forest, 6 miles NNW of Thrapston r. station, and 7½ NE of Kettering. It has a post office‡ under Thrapston, and fairs on 25 April, 4 Sept., and 22 Nov.; and was once a market-town. ...
The parish comprises 5,900 acres. Real property, £8,114. Pop., 1,159. Houses, 266. The property is divided among a few. Brigstock Park belonged formerly to the montagues. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Stanion, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £236. Patron, the Duke of Cleveland. The church is partially Norman, and good; and there are Independent and primitive Methodist chapels, an endowed school with £20 a year, and charities £65.
Brigstock is now part of NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brigstock itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brigstock, in North Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7622
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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