Church Brampton is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the Daventry district

Daventry (district)

The Daventry district is the largest local government district of western Northamptonshire, England. The district is named after the town of Daventry which is the administrative headquarters and largest town...

 of the county of Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

 in England

England

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. Together with nearby Chapel Brampton

Chapel Brampton

Chapel Brampton is a civil parish and village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Together with nearby Church Brampton, it is known as The Bramptons...

 the two villages are known as The Bramptons

Church Brampton with Chapel Brampton

Church Brampton with Chapel Brampton is a civil parish in the district of Daventry in the English county of Northamptonshire.The two main settlements are Church Brampton and Chapel Brampton....

. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 251 people.

Its church, St. Botolph's, dates back to the early 13th century. Just outside of the village are two golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 clubs, Church Brampton's Northamptonshire County Golf Course and the Brampton Heath golf course, a public course

Golf course

A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...

.

External links

• A Tale of Two Villages: A Perambulation of Church with Chapel Brampton by Jack Wagstaff, a long-time resident of Chapel Brampton
  Chapel Brampton
  Chapel Brampton is a civil parish and village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Together with nearby Church Brampton, it is known as The Bramptons...