Chapel Brampton

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See also Brampton, for more places with this name.

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Chapel Brampton is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Together with nearby Church Brampton the two villages are known as The Bramptons. The nearby railway line is now part of the preserved Northampton & Lamport Railway which has its headquarters at Pitsford and Brampton railway station. The Spencer Arms public house is a former coaching inn whilst the Brampton Halt was part of the railway station is also open as a public house. The village has two conference centres, Sedgebrook hall and Brampton Grange.

There are folk-lore tales of a huntsman known as Merry Tom who fell into the Brampton Nene whilst attempting to jump it on his horse. Legend has it his body was buried close to the bridge that now crosses the river on Merry Tom lane (that leads towards Brixworth).