Brington, Northamptonshire
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  Brington |
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| Population | 482 |
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| OS grid reference | SP6564 |
| District | Daventry (district) |
| Shire county | Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Northampton |
| Postcode district | NN7 |
| Dialling code | 01604 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Daventry |
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Coordinates: 52°16′29″N 1°02′30″W / 52.2748°N 1.0416°W
Brington is a civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish population was 482 people.[1]
It contains three villages:
Notable people
- Thomas Bache (died 1410), originally from Genoa, an eminent judge and statesman in medieval Ireland, became vicar of Brington in 1378.
- Rev. Henry Holmes Stewart (1847–1937), who won the FA Cup with Wanderers in 1873, was rector at the parish church from 1878 to 1898.[2]
References
- ↑ Office for National Statistics: Brington CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 7 November 2009
- ↑ "Stewart, Henry (STWT866HH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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