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Branston

"BRANSTON, a pleasant village, 8 miles N.N.E of Melton Mowbray, near the small river Deven, and a large reservoir for supplying the Grantham Canal, has in its parish, which is in Framland Hundred, Melton Mowbray Union and County Court District, 313 persons, living in 57 houses, on 960 acres of land, mostly arable. The Duke of Rutland owns most of the soil, and is lord of the manor..."[White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. 3rd Edition 1877]

Census

The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print. Volume 25 which covers the Clawson Sub-District includes Branston.

Church Records

The Society of Genealogists holds copies of parish records including marriages from 1591 - 1839 and microfilm records of baptisms from 1813 - 1877 which can be studied at their library in London.

The original records are held at The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.

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Last updated: 25 August 2004 - David Hawgood