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Brington is a civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish population was 482 people, [1] increasing to 496 at the 2011 census. [2] It contains three villages: Great Brington. Little Brington. Nobottle. The name 'Brington' means 'Farm/settlement connected with Bryni'. [3] History.
- Great Brington
Great Brington is a village in Northamptonshire, England, in...
- Little Brington
Little Brington is a village in Brington and civil parish,...
- Great Brington
Brington may refer to: Brington, Cambridgeshire, a village the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. Brington, Northamptonshire, the civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. Great Brington, a village in the civil parish of Brington, Northamptonshire.
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A manor existed at Althorp in medieval times. It was referred to in the Domesday Book as "Olletorp", meaning Olla's Thorp, believed to refer to a medieval lord named Olla.Thorp is a word of Scandinavian origin, which would have been pronounced as "throop" or "thrupp", and in Danish probably meant "daughter's settlement". In the 13th and 15th centur...
Early history
A hamlet named Althorp existed here in medieval times, believed to have been situated on the southwest side of the park, east of West Lodge. It was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a population of ten at the time, and being part of the parish of Brington. It was officially designated as an "extra parochial district" for centuries under the New Bottle Grove Hundred of Brington, but by 1874 it was being cited as an independent civil parish.[e] 21 residents were documented...
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John served as Member of Parliament for Warwick from 1756 to 1761. He was renowned for his heavy spending on his political pursuits and campaigns, "indulging in the fiercely competitive and heinously expensive business of fighting elections to Parliament – which effectively meant bribing people to vote for his candidate rather than that of another magnate". He spent £120,000 in one campaign alone and spent heavily on his estates, building Spencer House in London. He also wore expensive fashio...
Modern history
Times became more difficult for the Spencers by the late 19th century, and many of their assets had to be sold off. Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer inherited the estate after his father Charles' death in 1922. Albert became a well-known art connoisseur and was a trustee of the Wallace Collection, chairman of the Royal School of Needlework, a Fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Royal Society of Arts, and from 1961 until 1969 he was Chair of the Advisory Council of the...
Althorp house is described as standing in a low situation, "approached by a handsome avenue, beautifully shaded with trees". The house was originally a "classically beautiful" red brick Tudor building, and a Johannes Vorstermans painting dated to 1677 shows a smaller red house at Althorp and Holdenby House in the distance to the far right. Cosmo II...
The estate of Althorp covers an area of at least 13,000 acres (50 km2), and not only includes the house grounds but areas of woodland, cottages, farms, and surrounding hamlets. The soil in the area is of a rich, dark-coloured loam, and the estate is situated mainly on Jurassic Clay between 85 metres (279 ft) and 125 metres (410 ft) above sea level,...
Although the current owner, Charles Spencer, professes to have never witnessed a ghost at Althorp or anywhere else, over the years numerous ghostly sightings have been reported in the mansion. In the mid-19th century the Dean of Lincoln was invited to stay at the property by Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer. He complained the following morning that duri...
Battiscombe, Georgina (24 September 1984). The Spencers of Althorp. Constable. ISBN 9780094657007.McSwain, Eleanor Davis (1989). Sifting Through the Ashes for the Althorp, Alinthrop, Allentharp, Allentharpe, Tharp, Tharpe Family and Connections: Davis, Charnock, Sebastian, Pierson. E.D. McSwain.Neale, John Preston (1847). The Mansions of England: Or, Picturesque Delineations of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen. M. A. Nattali.Timmius, Samuel (1870). Lord Spencer's library. A sketch of a visit to Althorp, Northamptonshire. Privately printed. Reprinted by Birmingham Daily Post.Media related to Althorp Houseat Wikimedia CommonsHace 1 día · Brington. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 3, Archaeological Sites in North-West Northamptonshire. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1981. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
Nobottle is a hamlet in West Northamptonshire in England. The population is included in the civil parish of Brington. It borders the Althorp estate, which owns much of the property. Nobottle used to have a 600yd rifle range (the only one in Northamptonshire), now shut by the MOD some 20 years (local knowledge).
