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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stoke Bruerne like this:
STOKE-BRUERNE, a village and a parish in Towcester district, Northampton. The village stands on the Grand Junction canal, 1¼ mile SW of Roader. station, and 3½ E by N of Towcester; and has a post-office under Towcester. The parish includes Shuttlehanger hamlet, and comprises 2,569 acres. ...
Real property, £4,286. Pop., 824. Houses, 198. The property is divided among three chief proprietors and several smaller ones. S. House was the seat of F. Crane, a courtier of Eliza. beth and James I.; and was visited by Charles I. Shoemaking and pillow-lace-making are carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £540.* Patron, Brasenose College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are two Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £22.
Stoke Bruerne 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 Stoke Bruerne itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stoke Bruerne, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8178
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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