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Brauncewell

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Census

  • The parish was in the Sleaford sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
  • In 1891, the parish was reassigned to the Billinghay sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
  • Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year
Piece No.
1861R.G. 9 / 2342
1871R.G. 10 / 3349
1891R.G. 12 / 2580
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
  • The church was rebuilt in the early 1800s.
  • The chancel was rebuilt in 1855.
  • The church seats about 80.
  • The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in May, 1973. In October of 1978 it was gifted as a monument to the people.
  • Here is a photo of the church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

 

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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1760.
  • The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1626 to 1794 and Marriages from 1626 to 1812.
  • The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Lafford Deanery to make your search easier.
  • Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
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Civil Registration

  • The parish was in the Sleaford sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
  • In 1891, the parish was reassigned to the Billinghay sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
  • Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
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Description & Travel

This small village and large parish are north-west of Sleaford, in a rural, agricultural area. The parish covers about 3,500 acres, but was only 2,480 acres in 1842. The parish is often listed as "Brauncewell with Dunsby". Dunsby was formerly the parish of Dunsby St. Andrew, but had reduced in size to a mere hamlet.

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You can see pictures of Brauncewell which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Maps

  • The national grid reference is TF 0152.
  • You'll want an Ordnance Survey "Explorer 272" map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  • See our "Maps" page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF013520 (Lat/Lon: 53.055664, -0.490049), Brauncewell which are provided by:

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Names, Geographical

  • The name often appears as "Branswell".
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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and bedame a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  • The parish was in the ancient Flaxwell Wapentake in the North Kesteven division of the county, parts of Kesteven.
  • The parish is given in Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire as being in the South Kesteven division of the county.
  • For today's district governance, see the North Kesteven District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Population

YearInhabitants
180130
182177
1841123
1851131
1871139
1881173
1891148
1901128
1911145
1921171
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Schools

  • The parish had a school by 1900, built to hold 50 children.
  • For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.