Bruntingthorpe
Bruntingthorpe is located in Leicestershire
Bruntingthorpe
Bruntingthorpe
Location within Leicestershire
Population425 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLutterworth
Postcode districtLE17
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Bruntingthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the census in 2001 the parish had a population of 398. The parish also includes the hamlet of Upper Bruntingthorpe. The population at the 2011 census had increased to 425. the village contains a pub called the plough, a restaurant called the joiners and a garage called bruntingthorpe motor engineers.[1]


The former RAF Bruntingthorpe is now Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome.

History

The village's name means 'outlying farm/settlement of Brenting/Branting'.[2]

Bruntingthorpe is in the Domesday book where it is listed amongst the lands held by Hugh de Grandmesnil[3] for the King.

References

  1. "Bruntingthorpe · Lutterworth, UK". Bruntingthorpe · Lutterworth, UK. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. Ann Williams; Geoffrey Haward Martin (2003). Domesday book. Penguin Classics. p. 652. ISBN 978-0-14-143994-5.


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