Description

Braceborough a parish in Lincolnshire, on the river Glen, and on the Bourne and Essendine branch of the G.N.R., with a station 1 mile N of the village, 3 miles NE of Essendine, and 3 1/2 SW of Bourne. It includes Shillingthorpe hamlet, and has a post office under Stamford; money order office, Greatford; telegraph office, Essendine (R.S.) Acreage, 1767 ; population, 174. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £147 with residence. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is a building of stone in the Early Decorated style. Braceborough Spa, which has a useful mineral spring, is 1 mile to the NE.