Bramley, a parish in Hants. It lies 4 1/2 miles N by E of Basingstoke, and 4 from Mortimer station on the G.W.R., and has a post and money order office under Basingstoke; telegraph office, Sherfield-on-Loddon. Acreage, 2297; population, 424. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester ; gross value, £114 with residence. Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church is ancient, has a brass of 1508 and a monument to Dr Shaw the Oriental traveller, and is in good condition. It was restored in 1885. In 1874 an old fresco painting of the murder of Thomas & Becket was discovered beneath some plaster.
