Braceby

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title: "Braceby" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-lincolnshire", "former-civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "south-kesteven-district"] description: "Small English village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire" topic_path: "general/villages-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braceby" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Small English village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire ::

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Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	St Margaret's Church, Braceby, Lincolnshire.jpg
static_image_caption	St Margaret's Church, Braceby
coordinates
official_name	Braceby
civil_parish	Braceby and Sapperton
shire_district	South Kesteven
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Grantham and Stamford
post_town	SLEAFORD
postcode_district	NG34
postcode_area	NG
dial_code	01529
os_grid_reference	TF016354
london_distance_mi	95
london_direction	S
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|country = England |static_image_name = St Margaret's Church, Braceby, Lincolnshire.jpg |static_image_caption = St Margaret's Church, Braceby |coordinates = |official_name = Braceby |population = | civil_parish = Braceby and Sapperton |shire_district = South Kesteven |shire_county = Lincolnshire |region = East Midlands |constituency_westminster = Grantham and Stamford |post_town = SLEAFORD |postcode_district = NG34 |postcode_area = NG |dial_code = 01529 |os_grid_reference = TF016354 | london_distance_mi = 95 | london_direction = S Braceby is a village in the civil parish of Braceby and Sapperton, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village includes a roadside nature reserve sheltering 250 species of plant life.

Parishes and buildings

Braceby lies to the south of the A52 road, about 6 mi east of the market town of Grantham. It has a population of 25 individuals. Braceby belonged to the historical wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo, and within that to the Soke of Grantham.

The church, St Margaret's, dates back to the 13th century, but was restored in the 19th. The ecclesiastical parish is one of seven in the North Beltisloe Group in the Deanery of Beltisloe and the Diocese of Lincoln. From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was Rev. Richard Ireson. Services at Braceby are held monthly, and at Easter, Harvest time and Christmas.

Many village buildings, especially those dating from the 16th and 17th century, are built in part of limestone quarried in the district, at places such as Ancaster. The population peaked about 1861, when there were 168 inhabitants in 37 houses, but the population declined rapidly. By 1970 it was under 20, but a decision by the local landowners, the Welby family, to sell off empty and unwanted cottages led to some recovery and saved the church from closure.

In 1921 the civil parish had a population of 76. On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Sapperton to form "Braceby and Sapperton".

Nature and land use

The 65 roadside nature reserves maintained by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, under a local-government scheme dating back to 1960, include one that covers both verges of the Braceby–Walcot road south-east of the village. The list of plants found at this reserve runs to 250 species. Notable among them are early purple orchids (Orchis mascula), common orchids (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) and cowslips (primula veris).

Livestock farming (cattle and sheep) in the village has largely given way to arable since the 1970s, but a small amount of permanent grazing remains. Some mixed woodland has also been planted.

References

References

1. Vision of Britain [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10005838/relationships] Retrieved 7 November 2016.
2. Vision of Britain [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10140031 Retrieved 6 August 2013.]
3. [http://www.braceby.org/id1.html Braceby Past and Present.] Retrieved 31 August 2014.
4. [http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?14023090 "Braceby P C C"] {{webarchive. link. (12 May 2012 Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 14 May 2012)
5. [http://www.boothby.org.uk/PCPages/NBGC%20and%20Lay%20Ministers%20report%20to%20AGMs%202011.pdf "North Beltisloe Group Council Report for PCC AGMs."]; Boothby.org.uk. PDF download required. Retrieved 14 May 2012
6. [http://www.braceby.org/index.html Braceby Past and Present.]
7. [http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/jca75_tcm6-4989.pdf Natural England – Kesteven Uplands]. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
8. Braceby Past & Present: History [http://www.braceby.org/id15.html] Retrieved 7 November 2016.
9. "Population statistics Braceby CP/AP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
10. "Relationships and changes Braceby CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
11. List of Lincolnshire roadside reserves [http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/roadside_reserves.pdf Retrieved 7 November 2016.] {{Webarchive. link. (7 November 2016)
12. Braceby Past & Present: Wildlife, nature and birds [http://www.braceby.org/id2.html Retrieved 7 November 2016.]
13. [http://www.braceby.org/id3.html Geology and landscape.] Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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