Brigstock

Other current and historical names

Bricstoc

Built-Up Area: Brigstock
Parish/Community: Brigstock
District/Borough: East Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°27'32"N 0°36'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 494553, 285483
OS Grid: SP945854
Mapcode Local: GBR DWL.W2R
Mapcode Global: VHFNM.CGY6

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Brigstock within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Brigstock in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Brigstock, par. and vil., N. Northamptonshire, 7 miles NE. of Kettering, 5900 ac., pop. 1043; P.O., T.O.

Brigstock in the Domesday Book

A village in Corby hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 16 villagers; 4 smallholders; 6 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Woodland: 15 mixed measures
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £20 in 1086
- Meadow: 4 acres

British Place Names

Brigstock, Northamptonshire

Brigstock is a village in Northamptonshire

Brigstock in historic gazetteers

Brigstock in the Domesday Book