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Village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England

Human settlement in England

Braceborough
Braceborough
Braceborough is located in LincolnshireBraceboroughBraceboroughLocation within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference TF078126
• London 80 mi (130 km) S
Civil parish Braceborough and Wilsthorpe
District South Kesteven
Shire county Lincolnshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Stamford
Postcode district PE9
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
UK Parliament Grantham and Stamford
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52°42′03″N 0°24′19″W / 52.700785°N 0.40536493°W / 52.700785; -0.40536493

Braceborough is a village in the civil parish of Braceborough and Wilsthorpe,[1] in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated off the Stamford to Bourne A6121 road, just west of the A15 as it runs between Market Deeping and Bourne. In 1921 the parish had a population of 150.[2] On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Wilsthorpe to form "Braceborough and Wilsthorpe".[3]

The ecclesiastical parish has equivalent boundaries to the civil parish.[_clarification needed_] It is part of the Uffington Group in the Aveland & Ness with Stamford Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln.[4] The incumbent is Rev Carolyn Kennedy.

The Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Margaret.[5] It was almost entirely rebuilt in 1837.[6]

During the Second World War Braceborough Hall housed elements of the Women's Land Army; it is now a retirement home.[_citation needed_]

Near Braceborough is Braceborough Spa which had its own railway station, Braceborough Spa Halt,[7] on the independent Essendine to Bourne Railway. It became part of Great Northern Railway. The line was closed in June 1951.[8]

Detail of 1903 Railway Clearing House diagram showing the railway station

Braceborough Spa, rising in the grounds of Spa House,[6] was popular in the Victorian era for its natural spring waters. As with many Victorian Spas, Braceborough's declined in favour of more modern forms of medical treatment,[_original research?_] and finally closed in 1939.[_citation needed_]

  1. ^ "Parish Council".
  2. ^ "Population statistics Braceborough CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Relationships and changes Braceborough CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Braceborough P C C". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Margaret (1360151)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  6. ^ a b Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 77-78; Methuen & Co. Ltd
  7. ^ Historic England. "Braceborough Spa Halt (506986)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  8. ^ Stennett, Alan (2007). Lost railways of Lincolnshire. Countryside Books. pp. 99–102.