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Bugbrooke
Bugbrooke is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the River Nene.
Bugbrooke is situated about 7 miles (11.3 km) south west of Northampton and 5 miles (8 km) north of Towcester. The M1, one of the busiest motorways in England is about 2 miles (3.2 km) by the shortest route to junction 16.
The village's name's origin is uncertain: 'Bucca's brook', 'bucks' brook' or 'he-goats' brook'.
The village, named in the Domesday Book of 1086 AD as Buchebroc, is 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 medieval 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 800 AD, and by the time of the Domesday Book it was the third-highest-rated mill in England. It is now the site of Heygate's flour mill, the large central tower of which 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.
The 2001 census 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.
Bugbrooke is situated in the Parliamentary Constituency of Daventry, which is considered a "safe" Conservative seat. In the 2024 General Election, the seat returned Conservative M.P., Stuart Andrew.
Bugbrooke is in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority. Before local government restructuring in 2021 it was in South Northamptonshire Council's two-member "Heyfords and Bugbrooke" ward, covering the village as well as neighbouring Nether Heyford and Upper Heyford.
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Bugbrooke
Bugbrooke is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the River Nene.
Bugbrooke is situated about 7 miles (11.3 km) south west of Northampton and 5 miles (8 km) north of Towcester. The M1, one of the busiest motorways in England is about 2 miles (3.2 km) by the shortest route to junction 16.
The village's name's origin is uncertain: 'Bucca's brook', 'bucks' brook' or 'he-goats' brook'.
The village, named in the Domesday Book of 1086 AD as Buchebroc, is 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 medieval 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 800 AD, and by the time of the Domesday Book it was the third-highest-rated mill in England. It is now the site of Heygate's flour mill, the large central tower of which 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.
The 2001 census 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.
Bugbrooke is situated in the Parliamentary Constituency of Daventry, which is considered a "safe" Conservative seat. In the 2024 General Election, the seat returned Conservative M.P., Stuart Andrew.
Bugbrooke is in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority. Before local government restructuring in 2021 it was in South Northamptonshire Council's two-member "Heyfords and Bugbrooke" ward, covering the village as well as neighbouring Nether Heyford and Upper Heyford.