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Bramcote, Nottinghamshire

Historical Description

Bramcote, a village and a parish in Nottinghamshire. The village stands near the verge of the county and the Nottingham Canal and the Erewash river, 1½ mile from Stanton Gate station on the M.R., and 5 miles WSW of Nottingham, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Stapleford. Area of the parish, 1064 acres; population of the civil parish, 762; of the ecclesiastical, including Attenborough, 2020. Bramcote Hall and Bramcote Hills are chief residences. The Hemlock stone, 50 feet high, and estimated to weigh between 200 and 300 tons, stands on Brambcote Hill. Much of the surface is hill and moor. The majority of the inhabitants are engaged in the collieries and in agriculture. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Attenborough, in the diocese of Southwell. The church was built in 1861, is in the Decorated English style, and consists of nave, aisle, chancel, and vestry, with a tower and spire 130 feet high. The tower of the old church still stands in the old churchyard which is closed; it contains monuments of the Handleys. There are a Wesleyan chapel and several small charities.

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 CountyNottinghamshire 
Poor Law unionShardlow 
WapentakeBroxtow 

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


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 Bramcote from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Bramcote are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Nottinghamshire newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Nottinghamshire 1569 & 1614 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictBroxtowe
CountyNottinghamshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtNG9
Post TownNottingham

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