Brafield-on-the-Green

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Brafield-on-the-Green
Location within Northamptonshire
Population636  [1]
666 (2011 census) [2]
OS grid reference SP820587
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Northampton
Postcode district NN7
Dialling code 01604
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52°13′16″N0°48′01″W / 52.2212°N 0.8003°W / 52.2212; -0.8003

Brafield-on-the-Green is a civil parish and small village in West Northamptonshire. Their football team, Brafield Corinthians, finished 2nd in the 2023 Nene Sunday Division 3 league, behind winners McPave

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The villages name means 'Hill-top open country'. [3]

Location

Brafield is about 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Northampton, in the shire county of Northamptonshire [4] known as "Northants" along the A428 road about 16 miles (26 km) north-west of Bedford.

A section of Brafield sits within a conservation area. [5]

Brafield Stadium

Brafield Stadium known as Northampton International Raceway hosts BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars. As early as 1949, local entrepreneurs staged midget car racing at the stadium, as part of a national attempt to introduce the sport from the US. It also hosted speedway. The team known as the Flying Foxes took part in the Southern Area League in 1954. The team was renamed the Brafield Badgers and interspersed individual meetings with matches against reserve sides from British League tracks. The Speedway closed for good at the end of the 1967 season.

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Northampton Shaleway also known as Brafield, is used for BriSCA F1 Stock Cars, BriSCA Formula 2 Stock Cars, V8 Hotstox, and various other forms of oval motor sport including National Hot Rods, Banger racing, Saloon Stock Cars, Ministox and Rebels. It also briefly hosted speedway and greyhound racing.

References

  1. Office for National Statistics: Brafield-on-the-Green CP: Parish headcounts Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 7 November 2009
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Brafield%20on%20the%20Green
  4. "Northamptonshire County Council website" . Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  5. Council, South Northamptonshire. "Brafield on the Green | South Northamptonshire Council". www.southnorthants.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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