Description
Bugbrooke, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire. The parish lies on Watling Street, the Grand Junction Canal,. and the L. & N.W.R., 3 miles SE of Weedon station, and 6 WSW of Northampton. It has a post and money order office under Weedon; telegraph office, Gayton. Acreage, 2242; population, 857. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross yearly value, £450 with residence. The church is ancient, and has lately been restored at a considerable expense. It has a pre-Reformation screen and an octagonal font. There are a Baptist chapel and several useful charities.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
