A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BRAUNSTONE, a chapelry in Glenfield parish, Leicestershire: on the river Wreak and the Union canal, adjacent to the Midland and Swannington railways, 2½ miles SW of Leicester. Post Town, Leicester. Acre. 1,610. Real property, £4,018. Pop., 197. House., 37. Braunstone Frith extra-parochial liberty adjoins on the NE; is included in the returns; and contains Braunstone Hall, formerly belonging to the Hastings family, and now the seat ofWinstanley, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Glenfield, in the diocese of Peterborough.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Braunstone CP/Ch Glenfield CP/AP Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Braunstone |
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