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BROCKHALL, a parish in Daventry district, Northampton; on Watling-street, the Grand Junction canal, and the Northwestern railway, 2½ miles N of Weedon station, and 4¼ E of Daventry. Post Town, Weedon. Acres, 861. Real property, £2,427. Pop., 54. Houses, 9. The property is divided among a few. Brockhall Park belonged formerly to the Eytons and the Tyrwhitts; and belongs now to T. R. Thornton, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £238.* Patron, T. R. Thornton, Esq. The church is partly Norman, and in good condition.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Brockhall AP/CP Daventry RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
Place: | Brockhall |
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