Bugbrooke
| Bugbrooke | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 Grand Union Canal near Bugbrooke | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP680575 |
| Location: | 52°12’38"N, 1°-0’38"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,773 (2001) |
| Post town: | Northampton |
| Postcode: | NN7 |
| Dialling code: | 01604 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Daventry |
Bugbrooke is a village and parish in the Nobottle Grove hundred of Northamptonshire, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the River Nene. It is about seven miles south-west of Northampton. The M1, one of the busiest motorways in Britain is about two miles by the shortest route to junction 15. The 2001 census[1] shows a population of 2,773 people, 1,376 males and 1,397 female in 1,029 households. The 2010 population estimate is 2,924.[2]
Buildings and other facilities
Bugbrooke has an Anglican church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels which dates from the 13th century.[3] There are monuments to the Whitfield family from 1704 and 1734. There is an early 19th-century rectory west of the church.[3]
The Baptist chapel is dated 1808.[3] A row of yellow-brick cottages east of the chapel past the brook were built in 1844 in the Gothic style by Edmund Francis Law and were originally a National School with accommodation for the master.[3]
There is a manor house at the north-east end of the village with a wide-arched entrance to the yard. This was restored in the Tudor style by Edmund Francis Law in 1881.
The village has three pubs: "The Bakers Arms" in the High Street; "The Wharf" alongside the Grand Union Canal and "The Five Bells"[4] opposite the church. There is also a GP.
Bugbrooke Community Primary School[5] is in the High Street, and a large comprehensive school, Campion School, serving Bugbrooke and several nearby villages, is situated on Kislingbury Road on the eastern approach to the village. It was built in 1966-68 with extension in 1972-72 and was the first purpose-built comprehensive in the county.[3]
A village magazine, "Bugbrooke Link",[6] is published monthly, and includes regular reporting of Church, Parish Council and sports events.
Sport and leisure
Bugbrooke Rugby Union Football Club was established in 1977 and is located to the east of the village on Camp Close, Bugbrooke. The club have 3 senior XV teams playing in the Midland Division, and an active Junior section.[7]
Bugbrooke St Michaels F.C. was established in 1929 and is named after the village church. The club plays on Birds Close, off Gayton Road, Bugbrooke. They have both Men and Ladies senior teams and a junior section.[8]
Bugbrooke Cricket Club is located on The Doc White Cricket Ground, Camp Hill Farm, Bugbrooke.[9] The club have three senior Saturday XI teams that compete in the Northamptonshire Cricket League,[10] and a Sunday friendly XI side that compete in and around the region.
Bugbrooke Badminton Club was established in 2010 and is based at Campion Secondary School, Kislingbury Road, Bugbrooke. Bugbrooke BC compete in the Northamptonshire Badminton League[11]
There is a large, modern community centre at Camp Close on the southern edge of the village. Adjacent to this is a large sports field.
History
The village's name's origin is uncertain. 'Bucca's brook', 'bucks' brook' or 'he-goats' brook'.[12]
The village, named in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Buchebroc", is situated on the Hoarestone Brook, which flows through the village from south to north. The name of the stream is supposed to be a corruption of Horse-stone, as an old packhorse route crossed the brook by a simple slab bridge just outside the village. When the stream was widened in the 1970s, the last of the mediæval slabs was damaged beyond repair, but the pillars are still intact.
The brook meets the River Nene near Bugbrooke Mill. The first mill on the site was established in AD 800 and by the time of the Domesday Book was the third-highest rated mill. It is now the site of Heygate's flour mill, whose large central tower can be seen for several miles around. Heygate's trucks, with their distinctive maroon markings, can frequently be seen rumbling along Bugbrooke's main road.
Other features
The West Coast Main Line railway and the Grand Union Canal run adjacent to the south-west of the parish, with the A5 major road a little further, while the M1 motorway runs to the north-east.
Bugbrooke is also the birthplace of the Jesus Army, which sprang out of the Baptist Chapel in the centre of the village, which it continues to use regularly.
Northampton's Express Lift Tower can be seen from the village about five miles to the east.
Bibliography
- Peet, David (1970). The Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels at Bugbrooke. Northampton: The Mercury Press.
- Toynbee, Heather (1979). ...and the King passed by. Bugbrooke: Buchebroc Press.
- Kent, Pat (1999). Gleaners to Graduates: a History of Education in Bugbrooke. Bugbrooke: Buchebroc Press. ISBN 1-871917-02-6.
- Bugbrooke History Society, ed (1999). Bugbrooke: 2000BC to 2000AD. Bugbrooke: Buchebroc Press. ISBN 1-871917-03-4.
- Bugbrooke History Society, ed (2007). Pictorial Bugbrooke: 1860–1960. Bugbrooke: Bugbrooke History Society.
References
- ↑ "UK census 2001 - data". http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=7&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1234695479xnjifvoibvjn46&enc=1&areaSearchText=Bugbrooke&areaSearchType=16&extendedList=true&searchAreas=Search.
- ↑ SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2008-2010. Towcester. pp. 39.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 129–30. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
- ↑ "The Five Bells Public House, Bugbrooke". http://www.northamptonshirepubs.co.uk/fivebells/.
- ↑ Primary Bugbrooke Community Primary School at Northamptonshire County Council website. Retrieved on 17 February 2009
- ↑ "Bugbrooke Link - parish magazine with sections on the parish council, church and other activities". http://www.bugbrookelink.co.uk/.
- ↑ "Bugbrooke Rugby Union Football Club". https://bugbrooke.rfu.club/. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ↑ "Bugbrooke St Michaels Football Club". https://bugbrookesmfc.co.uk/. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ↑ "Bugbrooke Cricket Club". Bugbrooke CC. https://bugbrooke.play-cricket.com/Aboutus. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ↑ "Northamptonshire Cricket League". NCL. https://ncl.play-cricket.com/home. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ↑ "Bugbrooke Badminton Club". http://www.northantsbadminton.com/Clubs/Details.asp?ClbID=137. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Bugbrooke.
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