Brigstock

"BRIGSTOCK, a parish in the hundred of Corby, in the county of Northampton, 5 miles to the N.W. of Thrapston. It is situated on the banks of a small river which joins the Nen, near Thrapston, and was formerly a market town. A peculiar custom of inheritance exists in the manor of Brigstock: the younger son succeeding to the estates which the father had by descent, and the eldest to those which he obtained by purchase. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough, of the value with the curacy of Stanion annexed, of £236, in the patronage of the Duke of Cleveland. The church, which has some vestiges of Norman architecture, is dedicated to St. Andrew. Here is a free school, endowed with £20 a year, and there are other charities producing about £50 a year. Brigstock Park, in this parish, stands within the limits of Rockingham Forest, and was the ancient seat of the Montagues. Fairs are held on the 25th April, the 4th September, and the 22nd November." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]