Braybrooke, Northamptonshire

Description
Braybrooke, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire. The village stands 3 miles W from Desborough station on the M.R., and 3 SSE of Market-Harborough, under which it has a post office; money order office, Desborough; telegraph office, Desborough station. It gives the title of Baron to the family of Neville-Griffin. The parish comprises 2893 acres; population, 294. The manor belonged to the Griffins, ancestors of Lord Braybrooke, and had a castle. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; net yearly value, £392 with residence. The church contains effigies of Sir T. Latimer and Sir N. Griffin, and is a building of stone in the Early English and Early Decorated styles. There is also a small Baptist chapel. Robert de Braybrooke, Lord Chancellor at the beginning of the 15th century, was a native.