Brant Broughton
| Brant Broughton | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Helen's Church, Brant Broughton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK917542 |
| Location: | 53°4’40"N, -0°37’57"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Lincoln |
| Postcode: | LN5 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Sleaford and North Hykeham |
Brant Broughton (pronounced Brew-ton) is a small village in Kesteven in Lincolnshire. It sits to the 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 of the village includes that of 'Broughton', a commonplace name which here appears to mean 'fortified settlement' (the Old English burh) and 'Brant' meaning 'Burnt'.
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.
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.[1]
Parish church
The parish church is St Helen's, which is a Grade I listed building[2] and which is said to have the most elegant spire in Lincolnshire.
It is a mediæval church with a spire 170 feet high, with an Early English Gothic nave, arcades and chancel arch, and Perpendicular Gothic vaulted porches and clerestory.[3] It underwent a Victorian restoration between 1873 and 1876.
The village was the home of the theologian William Warburton, later the Bishop of Gloucester. 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).[4]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1061898: Meeting house and attached stable
- ↑ National Heritage List 1147497: Church of St Helen
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 79, 80; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ Template:DNB