Chapel Brampton
| Chapel Brampton | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 Boughton Mill near Chapel Brampton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP7267 |
| Location: | 52°17’51"N, 0°56’30"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 470 |
| Post town: | Northampton |
| Postcode: | NN6 |
| Dialling code: | 01604 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Daventry |
Chapel Brampton is a village in Northamptonshire. Together with nearby Church Brampton, it is known as The Bramptons. At the time of the 2001, Chapel Brampton parish's population was 470.
The nearby railway line is now part of the preserved Northampton & Lamport Railway which has its headquarters at Pitsford and Brampton railway station.
Chapel Brampton has three pubs — the Spencer Arms is a former coaching inn whilst the Brampton Halt was part of the railway station. A new build on the site of the former Boughton cold store is named The Windhover after an old name for the kestrel. The village has two conference centres: Sedgebrook Hall and Brampton Grange.
The village is notable for its distinctive Spencer Estate cottages. These Victorian sandstone cottages are of a similar design to cottages found in the nearby villages of Church Brampton, Harlestone and The Bringtons.
The Earl Spencer broke the neck of his favourite horse, Merry Tom, whilst out fox hunting and trying to jump the narrow River Nene. The Earl paid for a monument to be erected at the Brixworth end of what is now known as Merry Tom Lane, engraved 'Here Lies the body of Merry Tom'. A local wag scratched on it: "ridden to death by careless John". Merry Tom Lane was also the site of a level crossing. When the railway is rebuilt a small halt will be built there.
See also
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Chapel Brampton) |
- A Tale of Two Villages: A Perambulation of Church with Chapel Brampton by Jack Wagstaff, a long-time resident of Chapel Brampton
