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Brixworth history
The place-name ‘Brixworth’ is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Briclesworde. The main road from Northampton to Market Harborough passed through the village. In 1819 Sir Charles Knightley purchased land between Spratton Road and Kennel Terrace, where the Pytchley Hunt erected kennels. The Hunt remained in the village until 1966, after which the site was developed for housing.
The church
All Saints’ church is one of the oldest, largest and most complete Anglo-Saxon churches in the country. It was founded circa 680 AD and was called “the finest Romanesque church north of the Alps” by Sir Alfred Clapham.
Chartism
In June 1839, Brixworth was the scene of notable public meeting addressed by Robert George Gammage of Northampton. Before the meeting took place, the vicar Charles Frederic Watkins rebuked them and threatened them with arrest if the meeting proceeded. Despite this, attendance at the roadside assembly later that day amounted to several hundreds.
Poor Law Union
Brixworth Poor Law Union was established in 1835 and a workhouse erected soon afterwards. Only the entrance block, including some later side extensions to it, remains; these premises are now used for business purposes.
The railway
The Northampton and Market Harborough railway through the parish was opened in 1859. British Railways closed Brixworth railway station to passenger traffic in 1960. The trackbed of the former railway was reopened in 1993 as the Brampton Valley Way.
Iron ore quarrying
Iron ore quarrying has been carried out on the north, east and south sides of the village. The ore was taken in various ways to the railway for transport to ironworks. The first quarry can still be seen west of the church at a place called Stonepit Close.
Village development
From the 1960s onwards, a large amount of new housing has been built at Brixworth, mainly on fields to the south of the original village. A by-pass on the east side has diverted traffic travelling between Northampton and Market Harborough away from the built-up area.
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