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STOKE-BRUERNE, a village and a parish in Towcester district, Northampton. The village stands on the Grand Junction canal, 1¼ mile SW of Roader. station, and 3½ E by N of Towcester; and has a post-office under Towcester. The parish includes Shuttlehanger hamlet, and comprises 2,569 acres. Real property, £4,286. Pop., 824. Houses, 198. The property is divided among three chief proprietors and several smaller ones. S. House was the seat of F. Crane, a courtier of Eliza. beth and James I.; and was visited by Charles I. Shoemaking and pillow-lace-making are carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £540.* Patron, Brasenose College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are two Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £22.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Stoke Bruerne AP/CP Towcester RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
Place: | Stoke Bruerne |
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