BRINGHURST, a parish in the hundred of GARTREE,
county of LEICESTER, comprising the chapelry of Great
Easton, and the townships of Bringhurst and Drayton,
and containing 735 inhabitants, of which number, 102
are in'the township of Bringhurst, 2 miles (W. by N.)
from Rockingham. The-living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in
the king's books at £11.15., and in the patronage of
the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough. The church
is dedicated to St.'Nidholas.