Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRAUNSTON, or Branston

BRAUNSTON, or Branston, a parish in Oakham district, Rutland; on the river Gwash, 2½ miles SW of Oakham r. station. It has a post office under Oakham. Acres, 3,250. Real property, £2,710. Pop., 398. Houses, 104. Braunston Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Hambleton, in the diocese of Peterborough. There are a Baptist chapel. and charities £59.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Braunston Ch/CP       Oakham RegD/PLU       Rutland AncC
Place names: BRANSTON     |     BRAUNSTON     |     BRAUNSTON OR BRANSTON
Place: Braunston

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