Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRANSTONE, or Branson

BRANSTONE, or Branson, a township in Burton-upon-Trent parish, Stafford; on Icknield-street, the Grand Trunk canal, and the Midland railway, 2 miles SW of Burton-upon-Trent. It has a post office under Burton-upon-Trent. Acres, 1,490. Real property, £4,394. Pop., 542. Houses, 111.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Burton upon Trent AP/CP       Staffordshire AncC
Place names: BRANSON     |     BRANSTONE     |     BRANSTONE OR BRANSON
Place: Branston

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