Braybrooke

Braybrooke
Braybrooke Lodge gate
Braybrooke is located in Northamptonshire
Braybrooke
Braybrooke
Location within Northamptonshire
Population378 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP7684
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMARKET HARBOROUGH
Postcode districtLE16
Dialling code01858
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
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Northamptonshire
52°26′N 0°53′W / 52.44°N 00.88°W / 52.44; -00.88

Braybrooke is a small village in north west Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 378.[1] It is situated about halfway between Market Harborough and Desborough. It lies in a valley between two ridges one of which is surmounted by the A6 trunk road. The surrounding land in the parish is a mixture of pasture and arable.

The villages name means 'The broad brook'.[2]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-names".