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Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Brant-Broughton, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, 3 miles W from Leadenham station on the G.W.R., and 8 E from Newark, under which there is a post and money order office; telegraph office, Leadenham. Area of parish, 2990 acres; population, 657. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £493 with residence. The church is a fine building of Ancaster stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles. It has been thoroughly restored and a new chancel built, and contains a good organ and some very fine specimens of stained glass and oak carving. There are also Wesleyan Reformed and Wesleyan Methodist chapels, and a Friends meeting-house. Bishop Warburton was for a long period rector of this parish.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishBrant Broughton St. Helen 
Poor Law unionNewark 
WapentakeLoveden 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Brant Broughton:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1710-18871760-18041712-19111710-1877

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Brant Broughton from the following:


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictNorth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLN5
Post TownLincoln

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