42 BRI~GTON. NORTHAMPTOXSHIRE.. [KELLY'S by a crescent, to Robert ·washington, younger brother 3,068 acres; rateable value, £5,138; the population in Qf the above, {).b. 1622, and Elizabeth his wife; Lawrence 1901 was 644 in the civil and 732 in the ecclesiastical Washington, above mentioned, was the father of the Rev. parish. Lawreni!e Washington M.A. of Sulgrave, and rector vf Parish Clerk, Bernard Dunkley. Purleigh, Essex, 1633-43, whose two sons, John and • Lawrence, emigrated in 1657 to Virginia, and from the LITTLE BRINGTON is a hamlet about three-quarters former descended George Washington, the first President or a mile south-west from the village of Great Brington. of the United States: the Washingtons of Sulgrave and The chapel of ease, erected in 1856, at the sole expens& Brington were related to the Spencers through Catherine of the late Earl Spencer K.G. is a building of stone in (Kitson), Lady Spencer, first cousin of Lawrence Wash- the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave. ington, mayor of Northampton in 153 2 and 1545: the south por·ch and a tower with spire at the north-east arms of this family, " arg. two bars gu, in chief three angle, containing one bell, and has 150 !ittings: The mullets of the second," were adopted with modifications Baptist ·chapel here, an edifice {)f red brick, erected in as those of the United States uf America:· during the 1825, seats 28o persons; adjoining is a large roC'm,. years 1903-4 the church was restored, the walls being built in 1887 by subscription, and used as a Sunday renovated, the w-estern gallery rem{)ved, the seats :re- scho-ol, and for concerts and meetings. The hmd is modelled and the floor relaid: the chancel was p::-ovided about two-thirds pa~ture, the remainder ·arable. The by Earl Spencell' with a marble floor, and panelled in soil is -a mixture of loam, clay and gravel. · oak along the south wall: a new lectern was also p.re- Nobottle, from which the hundred is named, is a small seBted by Sir W. H. Humphery hart. K.C.B.: there are hamlet, included in the parish of Brington. sittings for 300 persons. 'l'he register of marriages dates Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P., S. B. &; A. from the year 1558; baptisms, 156o; burials, 1573 •. The & I. Office, Great Brington.-Mrs. Ellen Worley, sub- living is a Tectory, average net yearly value £sos. ,with postmistress. Letters arrive from Northampton at 7 359 acres of glebe, and residence, in the gift of Earl a.m. & ·r.so p.m. (callers only); dispatched at II-35 . Spencer, and held since 1898 by the Rev. William Martin a. m. & 5.30 p.m. week days only B.A. London University. Near the church are th~ step·s,. Wall Letter Box, Little Brington, cleared at 5.1o p.m. base and shaft of an ancient stone cross. The charity week days only . estate of 140 acres, together with the rents of certain Wall Letter Box, Nobottle, cleared at 4.30 p.m. week cottages, "now produces ·about £2oo yearly, which sum days only is applied to the relief of the poor and other purposes. Public Elementary School, Little Brington (mixed & The village reading room and library occupies the infants), enlarged in a8g2 _3 at the cost of Earl Spencer · · p.remises of the former infants' school. Water work! & now holding 1 a0 children; average attendance, boys for• the villages of Great and Little Brington ·were . & girls, 128, infants, 50 ; Tom Franklin Dickinson, established in I'B92 by Earl· Spencer K.G., P.C. a well master; Mrs. Dickinson, mistress; & Miss Belton~ 2 o2 feet deep being sunk in. the marlstone rock. Earl infants' mistress - Spencer K.G., P.C. is lord of the manor and principal · . .. landowne.r; The soil is_ clay and gravel; 11ubS:Oil, clay Carriers to Northampton. George Worley, Little Bring- and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and ton, wed. & sat. & -George Stowe & Sou & William oats; about half the parish is pasturage. The area is George· Threadgold, Great Br:ington, wed & sat GREAT BRINGTON. Shears Walt. Jas. Fox & Hounds P.H Lowick Richard 1\lannmg, farmer Goodall Mrs. Spencer cottage Smith Uary Ann (Mrs.), grocer & Manning Sophia (Mrs.), baker & gcr · Humphery •Sir William Henry hart. draper . · · Middleton George, farmer ·,, K.C.B., V.D. The Cottage Thread'gold Thomas, jun. farmer · Redley James, ·butcher Martin Rev, William B.A. Rectory Threadgold Wm.Geo. grazier&carrier Redley. William, grazier·...,· ' Morley .Alexander Lucy Yea - Tread gold John, gardener to Sir ·wm. Spokes Mary (Mrs.), farmer · · . Henry Humphery bart · · · Tyrrell Arthur, Ye Olde Saracen'•·· •• • COMMERCIAL.. Stowe George & Son, carriers · ' Hood inn · · • .. Althorp Estate Office tAiexander L. Y. Woolman William, boot maker Worley George, carrier . • · Morley, agent) Worley· Richard, shopkeeper Worley William, grazier Beard Frederick D. & Son, tailors Wykes John Webb, ~state agent, aur- Di:xon :William, farmer . LITTLE BRINGTON.' · veyor, valuer & farmer Dunkley Bernard, grazier · J · Wykes Theophilus, iusistant · overseel' Goude Charles, blacksmith Percival .Mrs. White house · & rate collector, Woodbine .cottage · Kimbell Eaton, farmer, The Grange Wyke5· Mrs. John, The Laurels · . · ,. • . Morley Alexander Lucy Yea, agent to Wykes John Webb NOBOTI'I,E. .. Earl Spencer K.G ' . · · Ashby Charles, grazieF ·:· _!l•; 1 , Phillip& Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Rec- I COMKKRClAL. , • Cave George William, farmer; No- tory farm · · · Green Charles, Britannia inn bottle .grange Readmg Room & Library· (Edward J. Little Brington Industrial & Provident Darker George, gamekeeper to Earl Anderson, sec) Society Limited (Wm. Oliver Bates, Spencer KG · Reynolds Thotnas ·& Henry, farmere manager), grocen, bakers & beer Heygate Frederick H. fal"lrmmer · v. ' & coal merchants · retailers. · . Threadgold Thomas; 11en. farmer t • ' . • ' BBIXWORTH is a parish and head of a union, on of !!tone, enclosing a wooden box, containing human re­ th~ r~ad from •Northampton to Market Harborough, with mains, was discovered about 1809 in the wall of th& a station I mile west from the village on the Northamp­ south aisle: in 1884 some medireval masonr.y-, including ton• and ·Market HarbOi'ough branch of the London and the ba1e of a stone cross, was found in the south-east. North Western railway, although .Spratton station is part of the churchyard : during the period 1900-5· the the nearest for passengers to New Brixworth; Brixworth nave r.oof, south '~hapel, ·tower, 'pire and turret were is 6! miles north from Northampton, in the 'Mid division repaired at a cost of £·t, 109: there are 470 sittings. The of the county, hundred of Orlingbury, pett)' sessional register· of burials dates from the year .1546; baptisms~ division and county court district of Northampton, rural 1562; marriages, 1565. The living ·is a . discharged deanery ·Of ·Rothwell ·(third portion), archdeaconry of. ,·icarage, net yearly value £rg8, including 170 acres of, Northampton · .and diocese of Peterborough. · In the glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Peter-. winter months tlie village is lighted ·by oil lamps, the borough, and held since 1896 by the Rev. Alfred Katen­ cost ·being defrayed by voluntary contributions. The beck Pavey M.A. of Hertford· College, Oxford, and church <If .All Saint·s, supposed to have been originally chaplain of Brixworth Union. The Wesleyan Methodist erected about the •·year tigo, is an edifice of stone and chapel here was erected in I8II, and enlarged in z.86o. Roman bricks, presumed to . be of 'Saxon construction, The poor's land now (19o6) yields about £40 yearly. with additiong in later .styles, and consists of chancel, which sum is .for distribution. The church land pro-. clerestoried. nave. south chapel of Early English character duces £r7 yearly; Thomas Roe's charity of £135 a year and a western tower with pinnacles and spire containing provides ·for .educational purposes and is divided in equal. 5 bells, dated 16:or2 and 168g, which during 1900-5 were proportions between Br~:;!'worth and Scald well. The old quarter-turned, tuned and rehung in new frames at a ,•illage school· is now used· as an institute for men and· cost of £177: the clock was placed in 1897, at a cost of youths. A fair used to be held annually on the Monday £8o, in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Her next after .Ascension day, but is now discontinued. The. late Majesty .Queen Victoria : during the restoration in kennels of the Pytchley hunt are here; Monday, Wednes-· r86S the ba.ses of circular columns were met with in the day, Friday and :Saturday are the hunting days; North­ area of the tower, and are believed to have formed part ampton, Market Haliborough and Rugby are convenient of the Roman building which once stood here, the place~ for huntinl!" visitors. Brixworth Hall, the property materials of which appear to have been largely used in o.f. Vere Wa~·te Wood esq. is an ancient quadrangular. the construction of the exi!ting church: a small reliquary mansion~ of,. stone, and, ~t p~ese:nt o~cu:pied. by Gilbert; .