Bringhurst
{{About|the village in the United Kingdom}}
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| static_image_name = Bringhurst, Leicestershire - geograph.org.uk - 564600.jpg
| static_image_caption = Cottages in Bringhurst photographed in September 2007
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.521|-0.761|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Bringhurst
| population =
| shire_district = Harborough
| shire_county = Leicestershire
| region = East Midlands
| post_town = MARKET HARBOROUGH
| postcode_district = LE16
| postcode_area = LE
| dial_code =
| os_grid_reference = SP842921
| constituency_westminster = Rutland and Melton
}}
Bringhurst is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of south-east Leicestershire, England, bordering Northamptonshire and Rutland. Nearby places are Cottingham in Northants, Great Easton and Drayton in Leicestershire, and Caldecott in Rutland. The population is included in the civil parish of Great Easton.
History
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The village antedates the Norman Conquest (1066 AD) and was one of the first Anglo-Saxon settlements of Britain. The land was given by Æthelred of Mercia to the Medeshamstede Abbey around the year 700 AD. In addition, a confirmatory charter of Edward the Confessor speaks of "the church of Bringhurst".
Bringhurst is, according to W. G. Hoskins, one of the oldest village sites of the Anglo-Saxon period in the county. Bringhurst is one of the ancient Leicestershire villages not recorded in the Domesday Book (1086); however information about it is included in the entry for Great Easton indicating that Great Easton had acquired more importance than the older village on the hill-top. By the 13th century most villages in the county were growing in population but Bringhurst, being badly sited, probably was not.Hoskins, W. G. (1957) Leicestershire. (The Making of the English Landscape.) London: Hodder & Stoughton; pp. 3, 11, 17
St Nicholas' Church, Bringhurst is 13th century in date; it is Grade II* listed.{{NHLE |num= 1180300|desc= Church of St Nicholas|accessdate= 15 June 2019}} The older houses are made of local stone and either roofed with thatch or Collyweston slate.{{cite book | last = Leach | first = Josiah Granville | title = History of the Bringhurst Family: With Notes on the Clarkson, DePeyster, and Boude Families | publisher = Lippincott | year = 1901}}
Toponymy
The name of the village predates its use as a family name, the earliest mention of which is dated 1260. Earlier variations of the name, such as "Bruninghurst" were first recorded in 1188. Other variations include "Bringherst", "Brinkhurst", "Bringhast", and "Bringhaste". The etymology of Bringhurst comes from the personal name "Bryni" derived from bryne (Old English), meaning "fire" or "flame", combined with the word "hurst" or hyrst meaning "wooded hill" in Old English, related to Old Saxon, and hurst or horst in Old High German.{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Bringhurst|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=15 August 2021|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815083907/https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js|url-status=live}}
Primary school
Bringhurst Primary School is located around half a mile from Bringhurst village, by the road to Great Easton. There are 147 pupils on roll. The most recent (2012) Ofsted report stated "Bringhurst is a good school which places pupils' achievement and well-being at the centre of all it does."{{cite web|title=Ofsted Report|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/1968519/urn/119909.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141211151214/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/index.php?q%3Dfiledownloading/%26id%3D1968519%26type%3D1%26refer%3D0|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 December 2014|work=Bringhurst Primary School Ofsted Report 2012|publisher=Ofsted|accessdate=10 May 2012}}
The school holds a Sport England Activemark and is a Football Association Charter Standard School.{{cite web|title=School Website|url=http://www.bringhurst.leics.sch.uk/|work=Website|publisher=Bringhurst Primary School|accessdate=10 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415124401/http://www.bringhurst.leics.sch.uk/|archive-date=15 April 2012|url-status=dead}} The school's strengths include creative writing,{{cite news|title=Creative youngsters show they're made of the write stuff!|url=http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/local-news/creative-youngsters-show-they-re-made-of-the-write-stuff-1-1522270|accessdate=10 May 2012|newspaper=Harborough Mail|date=30 January 2007}} music and ICT,{{cite news|title=Pupils eye second Christmas No 1 |url=http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/local-news/pupils-eye-second-christmas-no-1-1-1539917|accessdate=10 May 2012|newspaper=Harborough Mail|date=18 December 2003}} Science{{cite news|title=County schools enjoy good science results|url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/County-schools-enjoy-good-science-results/story-12090871-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914055959/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/County-schools-enjoy-good-science-results/story-12090871-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2012|accessdate=10 May 2012|newspaper=Leicester Mercury|date=11 August 2011}} and RE.{{cite news|title=Nativity roadshow |url=http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/lifestyle/nativity-roadshow-1-1522199|accessdate=10 May 2012|newspaper=Leicester Mercury|date=14 December 2006}}
In 2010 long-standing road-safety fears{{cite news|title=Woman airlifted in Bringhurst car smash|url=http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/local-news/woman-airlifted-in-bringhurst-car-smash-1-1530185|accessdate=10 May 2012|newspaper=Harborough Mail|date=15 May 2008}} were highlighted by a six-car crash outside the school gates.{{cite news|title=Cars in collision|url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Cars-collision/story-12040640-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912025911/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Cars-collision/story-12040640-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 September 2012|accessdate=10 May 2012|newspaper=Leicester Mercury|date=26 May 2011}}
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