Monument record 130/50 - Brackley Vicarage

A vicarage was instituted at Brackley in 1223.

{1}A vicarage was instituted at Brackley in 1223. It acquired a third part of the tithes of Brackley and Hawes with a vicarage house and part of the tithes of both Evenley and Little Whitfield. At the dissolution the advowson of the vicarage passed to the crown, subsequently being granted with the Rectory. In 1578-9 and in 1579 William Lyle presented to the vicarage.
In the early 19th century the Vicarage House stood north west of the church and had been recently modernised and improved.

The medieval vicarage may have been created on one or more pre-existing tenements, possibly a row fronting north onto Plymston Lane or on land to the south of such a tenement row. The extensive property of the early 19th century is likely to have resulted from the expansion over adjacent properties.Though the vicarage property was bisected by the access to the church from the west it is possible that this was a late insertion and that originally the church was approached from the New Town via the lane depicted in 1763 to the south and east of Goldwell Close.

<1> Ballinger J.; Foard G., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Brackley, Section 3.2.4 Vicarage (Digital archive). SNN100499.

Record last edited

Jan 21 2020 1:53PM