Brixworth

Other current and historical names

Brixmouth
Briclesworde

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°19'41"N 0°54'23"W
Eastings/Northings: 474615, 270566
OS Grid: SP746705
Mapcode Local: GBR BV8.5LR
Mapcode Global: VHDRL.7RL4

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

Brixworth in historic gazetteers

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

Brixworth, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 7 miles N. of Northampton, 3410 ac., pop. 1183; P.O., T.O.; contains Brixworth Hall.

Brixworth in the Domesday Book

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

- 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: 12 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £36 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 15 smallholders; 11 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 19 men's ploughs (45 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Mills: 2, value £1 13/2½

British Place Names

Brixworth, Northamptonshire

Brixworth is a village in Northamptonshire

Brixworth in historic gazetteers

Brixworth in the Domesday Book