Brant Broughton
Coordinates: 53°04′40″N 0°37′57″W / 53.077715°N 0.63252993°W
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 St Helen's Church, Brant Broughton |
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 Brant Broughton
Brant Broughton shown within Lincolnshire |
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| OS grid reference | SK 91704 54261 |
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| District | North Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Lincoln |
| Postcode district | LN5 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Sleaford and North Hykeham |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Brant Broughton (pronounced Brew-ton) is a small village in the Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe civil parish, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies north of the A17 and west of Leadenham, where the A17 crosses the A607 road. The name itself means 'Burnt fortified settlement', implying the place was burnt down at some point.[citation needed]
The village has a very wide main street with many of the houses dating back to the coaching days of the 18th and 19th centuries when many of the residents were based in London and used the village for their country retreats.[citation needed]
An unusual building in the village is the converted barn in Meeting House Lane, built in 1701. Used as a meeting house by the Quakers, it retains its original furnishings.[citation needed]
The Grade I listed Anglican parish church,[1] dedicated to St Helen, is said[by whom?] to have the most elegant spire in Lincolnshire. Although restored between 1873 and 1876, it retains its 170 ft. high spire, an Early English nave, arcades and chancel arch, and Perpendicular vaulted porches and clerestory.[2]
The village was the home of William Warburton. He lived at Brant Broughton for eighteen years, during which time his studies resulted in his treatises Alliance between Church and State (1736) and Divine Legation of Moses (2 vols., 1737-41).[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ "Church of St Helen", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage; retrieved 2 July 2011
- ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 79, 80; Methuen & Co. Ltd
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