Bringhurst
Description in 1871:
"BRINGHURST, a township and a parish in the district of Uppingham and county of Leicester. The township lies on the river Welland, ¾ of a mile SW of Great Easton, and 2 W of Rockingham r. station. Pop., 109. Houses, 25. The parish contains also the townships of Drayton and Great Easton; the latter of which has a post office under Uppingham. Acres, 3,650. Real property, £7,504. Pop., 825. Houses, 180. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Great Easton, in the diocese of Peterborough Value, £241. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of P. Both B. church and G. E. church are good; and there are three dissenting chapels."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales", 1870-72
- The parish was in the Great Easton subdistrict of the Uppingham Registration District.
- The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
- The 1849 Post Office Directory of Leicestershire tells us, perhaps erroneously, that the church is dedicated to Saint Thomas.
- The church building dates back to at least 1628 and is, perhaps, of Norman origin.
- The church was thoroughly restored in 1863.
- This church is considered the "mother" church of Drayton and Great Easton.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1640 for baptisms and marriages, and from 1672 for burials.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Gartree (third portion).
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Great Easton subdistrict of the Uppingham Registration District.
Bringhurst is a parish, a township and a small village about 97 miles north of London, 5.5 miles southwest of Uppingham (in Rutland county) and 3 miles northeast of Market Harborough. The parish is bounded on the south by the River Welland which is flowing east to The Wash and bordered on the northeast by the River Eye. The parish covers 519 acres and includes the townships of Great Easton and Drayton.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A427 trunk road west out of Corby or east out of Market Harborough. Turn north at Cottingham and cross the Welland River to reach Bringhust.
- Most of the land in the parish was used for pasture.
- The national grid reference is SP 8492.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The parish was in the southern division of the county in the ancient Gartree Hundred (or Wapentake).
- The parish covered 3,650 acres in 1881, but was reduced to 519 acres by 1891.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Uppingham Poorlaw Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the East Norton petty session hearings.
These population figures appear to be for the township of Bringhurst only, not the entire parish.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
92 |
| 1871 |
109 |
| 1881 |
73 |
| 1891 |
33 |
| 1901 |
49 |
| 1911 |
45 |
| 1921 |
40 |
| 1931 |
42 |
| 1951 |
55 |
| 1961 |
45 |
- The children of this parish attended school in Great Easton township.
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[Created: 22-July-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
