Bruntingthorpe

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Bruntingthorpe
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Bruntingthorpe
Location within Leicestershire
Population425 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Lutterworth
Postcode district LE17
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52°30′10″N1°06′52″W / 52.50279°N 1.11457°W / 52.50279; -1.11457

Bruntingthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the census in 2001, the parish had a population of 398. The parish also includes the hamlet of Upper Bruntingthorpe. Following the 2011 census, the population of the parish had increased to 425. [1]

The former RAF Bruntingthorpe is now Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome.

History

The village's name means 'outlying farm/settlement of Brenting/Branting'. [2]

Bruntingthorpe is in the Domesday book where it is listed amongst the lands held by Hugh de Grandmesnil [3] for the King.

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References

  1. "Bruntingthorpe · Lutterworth, UK". Bruntingthorpe · Lutterworth, UK. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. Ann Williams; Geoffrey Haward Martin (2003). Domesday book. Penguin Classics. p. 652. ISBN   978-0-14-143994-5.