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Brooke, Rutland

Village and civil parish in Rutland, England

Summary

Village and civil parish in Rutland, England

Field	Value
official_name	Brooke
country	England
region	East Midlands
static_image_name	Brooke church - geograph.org.uk - 458039.jpg
static_image_caption	St Peter's Church
area_footnotes
area_total_sq_mi	2.25
population	211
population_ref	2001 Census
population_density	94 /sqmi
os_grid_reference	SK848057
coordinates
post_town	OAKHAM
postcode_area	LE
postcode_district	LE15
dial_code	01572
constituency_westminster	Rutland and Melton
london_distance	83 mi SSE
unitary_england	Rutland
lieutenancy_england	Rutland
shire_county	Rutland

Brooke is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is situated about three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Oakham. The village is near the source of the River Gwash near Braunston-in-Rutland; the river forms part of the parish boundary. From the 2011 census the population is included in the civil parish of Braunston-in-Rutland.

Brooke Reliquary front & right, in [[Limoges enamel

The parish church is dedicated to St Peter. The church appeared in the 2005 film adaptation of Pride & Prejudice.

The small Brooke Priory was founded for Austin Canons, as a cell of St Mary's Abbey, Kenilworth, apparently during the third quarter of the 12th century.

No trace of the buildings survive, but there are earthworks and crop marks associated with fishpools or outbuildings. Some of these may date from the English Civil War or the formal gardens of the succeeding Brooke House, itself now gone. Some fragments of the original buildings are thought to have been used in the present 16th century house, called Brooke Priory.

Octagon lodge of Brooke House, now a dovecote

The land was sold in 1549 to Andrew Noel who built Brooke House, of which only the dovecote and octagon lodge now survives. James VI and I stayed at Brooke in August 1612 as a guest of Edward Noel.

Brooke Priory School was founded here in 1989 but moved to Oakham in 1996.

The Brooke Reliquary was discovered in 1805 in the cellar of Priory House. This small enamelled casket dates from the 13th Century and originates from workshops in Limoges, France. It is now on display at Rutland County Museum.

References

"A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth.
(2001). "Rutland Civil Parish Populations". Rutland County Council.
"Pride and Prejudice (2005) filming location - Mr Collins' church interior".
[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66197&strquery=brooke ''A History of the County of Rutland''] (ed. William Page): Volume 2 (1935), pp. 37–40. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
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(1935). "A History of the County of Rutland: Volume 2".
John Nichols, ''Progresses of James the First'', vol. 2 (London, 1828), p. 457.
"The History of Brooke Priory Independent School in Oakham, Leicestershire".
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