A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BRAUNSTON, or Brandestone, two villages and a parish in Daventry district, Northampton. Braunston village stands at the junction of the Oxford and the Grand Junction canals, 3½ miles NW of Daventry, and 4 SSW of Crick r. station; and has a post office‡ under Rugby. Little Braunston village stands ½ a mile to the E. Braunston parish comprises 3,930 acres. Real property, £8,399. Pop., 1,228. Houses, 283. The property is much subdivided. The Grand Junction canal here passes through a tunnel 1½ mile long. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £837.* Patron, Jesus' College, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1849. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, an endowed national school, and charities £296. Bishop Reynolds was sometime rector.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two villages and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Braunston CP/AP Daventry RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place names: | BRANDESTONE | BRAUNSTON | BRAUNSTON OR BRANDESTONE |
| Place: | Braunston |
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