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"STOKE-BRUERNE, a parish in the hundred of Cleley, county Northampton, 4 miles N.E. of Towcester, its post town, and 1 mile from Roade railway station. The village is considerable and chiefly agricultural, is situated near the North-Western railway, on the Grand Junction canal, which here passes through a tunnel two miles long. The parish includes the hamlet of Shuttlehanger. Lord Southampton's hounds meet in this parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, value £422, in the patronage of Brazenose College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a tower, with a clock and five bells. The interior contains two piscina, and a brass to R. Lightfoot, a former rector, bearing date 1625. The parochial charities produce about £42 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. The Duke of Grafton is lord of the manor." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868). Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

"SHUTTLEHANGER, a chplry. in the par. of Stoke- Bruerne, hund. of Cleley, co. Northampton, 3 miles N.E. of Towcester, its post town, and 3 from Blisworth railway station. It is situated near the Grand Junction canal. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the manufacture of shoes and pillow-lace. The Wesleyans have a place of worship." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]

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Census

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Church Records

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Description & Travel

The Grand Junction Canal is now the Grand Union Canal.

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"STOKE-BRUERNE, a parish in the hundred of Cleley, county Northampton, 4 miles N.E. of Towcester, its post town, and 1 mile from Roade railway station. The village is considerable and chiefly agricultural, is situated near the North-Western railway, on the Grand Junction canal, which here passes through a tunnel two miles long. The parish includes the hamlet of Shuttlehanger. Lord Southampton's hounds meet in this parish. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £422, in the patronage of Brazenose College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a tower, with a clock and five bells. The interior contains two piscina, and a brass to R. Lightfoot, a former rector, bearing date 1625. The parochial charities produce about £42 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. The Duke of Grafton is lord of the manor."

"SHUTTLEHANGER, a chapelry in the parish of Stoke-Bruerne, hundred of Cleley, county Northampton, 3 miles N.E. of Towcester, its post town, and 3½ from Blisworth railway station. It is situated near the Grand Junction canal. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the manufacture of shoes and pillow-lace. The Wesleyans have a place of worship."

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Genealogy

  • Records of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials from 1700 to 1900, for the parish of Stoke Bruerne.
  • Censuses from 1841 to 1891 inclusive.
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History

Extract for Stoke Bruerne from 'The Northamptonshire Village Book'compiled by the Northamptonshire Federation of Women's Institutes

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP737498 (Lat/Lon: 52.141964, -0.925125), Stoke Bruerne which are provided by: