Braybrooke

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Braybrooke
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Braybrooke
Location within Northamptonshire
Population378 (2011)
OS grid reference SP7684
District
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MARKET HARBOROUGH
Postcode district LE16
Dialling code 01858
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52°26′N0°53′W / 52.44°N 00.88°W / 52.44; -00.88

Braybrooke is a small village in north west Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 378. [1] It is situated about halfway between Market Harborough and Desborough. It lies in a valley between two ridges one of which is surmounted by the A6 trunk road. The surrounding land in the parish is a mixture of pasture and arable.

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The villages name means 'The broad brook'. [2]

Church of All Saints

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All Saints church and baptist chapel

The most significant building in modern Braybrooke is the Church, dedicated to All Saints. This lies on the central village cross-roads and a key feature is the magnificent elongated spire which was built in the late 14th century or early 15th century.

The oldest surviving parts of the church, the moulded south doorway and the eastern bay of the nave, are thought to date from the 13th century. The church was extended considerably in the 14th century. After two centuries of neglect significant and sympathetic restoration work was done over a long period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Braybrooke Castle

Braybrooke Castle is today no more than a large area of extensive earthworks on the east side of the village. The castle was actually a fortified manor house associated, in the main, with two families - Latimer and Griffin. All that is visible today is the platform on which the manor house stood and the remains of both large and small fish ponds which served the manor.

First mentioned in the mid C12. c.1200 documents mention fishponds already in use. The acquisition of timber for building work is recorded in 1213, and a garden in 1292. In 1304 Thomas de Latimer was granted a licence to strengthen his manor house at Braybrooke and documentary sources indicate that the moated house was constructed at this time. In 1329-30 there is mention of a waterfilled moat. Described as a castle in 1361. The manor passed to the Griffin family in the early C15. The castle buildings were used as a farmhouse from 1549-50 until demolition prior to 1633. A mid-C17 farmhouse stood on the site until 1960. [3]

On 12 August 1605 King James I and Anne of Denmark came from Kirby Hall and visited Edward Griffin at the castle, and travelled on to Great Harrowden. [4]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Key to English Place-names".
  3. ↑ "CastleFacts". Castlefacts.info. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  4. ↑ John Nichols, The Progresses of James the First, vol. 1 (London, 1828), p. 526.
  5. ↑ Garnett, George (September 2010) [2004]. "Braybrooke, Henry of". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3300.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource:  "Braybroc, Henry de"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  6. ↑ Marshall, Tom (21 August 2019). "A Blue Plaque for Graham Moffatt - 'Britain's Favourite Fat Boy'". www.photogra-fix.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  7. ↑ Burak, Lukwesa [@LukwesaBurak] (19 June 2016). "Lovely to see cyclists whooshing through our little village. I think Braybrooke Hill broke some competitors ! #avivawomenstour #AvivaWT2016" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022– via Twitter.
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