Brant Broughton

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title: "Brant Broughton" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-lincolnshire", "former-civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "north-kesteven-district"] description: "Village in Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brant_Broughton" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Lincolnshire, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	BrantBroughtonChurch.JPG
static_image_width	140
static_image_caption	St Helen's Church, Brant Broughton
coordinates
official_name	Brant Broughton
population	639
shire_district	North Kesteven
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Sleaford and North Hykeham
civil_parish	Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe
post_town	Lincoln
postcode_district	LN5
postcode_area	LN
os_grid_reference	SK917542
london_distance_mi	110
london_direction	S
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| country = England | static_image_name = BrantBroughtonChurch.JPG | static_image_width = 140 | static_image_caption = St Helen's Church, Brant Broughton | coordinates = | official_name = Brant Broughton | population = 639 | shire_district = North Kesteven | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Sleaford and North Hykeham | civil_parish = Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe | post_town = Lincoln | postcode_district = LN5 | postcode_area = LN | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SK917542 | london_distance_mi = 110 | london_direction = S

Brant Broughton (pronounced Brew-ton) is a village in the civil parish of Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies north of the A17 approximately 8 mi east of Newark-on-Trent, 12 mi north west of Sleaford and 12 mi south of Lincoln. In 1921 the parish had a population of 515. On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Stragglethorpe to form "Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe".

Geography

Brant Broughton lies north of the A17 road and west of Leadenham, where the A17 crosses the A607 road. The River Brant flows to the east of the village, where it is joined by the Sand Beck. The name itself means 'fortified settlement on the River Brant’.

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.

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.

The Grade I listed Anglican parish church of St Helen, which Pevsner describes as having "one of the most elegant spires of 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.

Notable people

The theologian William Warburton, later the Bishop of Gloucester, lived in Brant Broughton for eighteen years. During this time, Warburton's research resulted in his treatises Alliance between Church and State (1736) and Divine Legation of Moses (2 vols., 1737–41).

In 1798, Sir Richard Sutton 2nd Baronet of Norwood Park, Nottinghamshire, was born in Brant Broughton. (See Sutton baronets of Norwood Park (1772).)

References

Sources

• {{cite journal |editor-last=Urban |editor-first=Sylvanus |journal=The Gentleman's Magazine |volume=XLV (new series) |date=1856 |title=Obituary Sir Richard Sutton, Bart. |pages=80–82 |url=https://archive.org/details/gentlemansmagazi199hatt/page/80

References

1. "Population statistics Brant Broughton CP/AP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
2. "Relationships and changes Brant Broughton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
3. "Get-a-map online". [[Ordnance Survey]].
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6. N. Pevsner & J. Harris, ''Lincolnshire; Buildings of England'' (1964), Vol. 27, p.484
7. Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' pp. 79, 80; Methuen & Co. Ltd
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