Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | St Mary's church, Bruntingthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 163286.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Mary's Church, Bruntingthorpe |
Coordinates: | 52.5028°N -1.1146°W |
Official Name: | Bruntingthorpe |
Population: | 425 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Shire District: | Harborough |
Shire County: | Leicestershire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | South Leicestershire |
Post Town: | Lutterworth |
Postcode District: | LE17 |
Postcode Area: | LE |
Bruntingthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the census in 2001, the parish had a population of 398. The parish also includes the hamlet of Upper Bruntingthorpe. Following the 2011 census, the population of the parish had increased to 425.[1]
The former RAF Bruntingthorpe is now Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome.
The village's name means 'outlying farm/settlement of Brenting/Branting'.[2]
Bruntingthorpe is in the Domesday book where it is listed amongst the lands held by Hugh de Grandmesnil[3] for the King.