Brington

Other current and historical names

Brickden
Breninctune

Parish/Community: Brington and Molesworth
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°22'24"N 0°24'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 508441, 276242
OS Grid: TL084762
Mapcode Local: GBR FZB.5JB
Mapcode Global: VHFP3.VLWV

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

Brington in historic gazetteers

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

Brington.-- par., W. Huntingdonshire, 6½ miles SE. of Thrapston ry. sta., 1190 ac., pop. 169.

Brington in the Domesday Book

A village in Leightonstone hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres

British Place Names

Brington, Cambridgeshire

Brington is a village in Cambridgeshire

Brington in historic gazetteers

Brington in the Domesday Book