Description
Bratoft or Braytoft, a parish in Lincolnshire, on the East Lincoln branch of the G.N.R., 2 miles NE from Firsby Junction station, and 4 1/2 E by S of Spilsby. Post town, Burgh (R.S.O.), which is the money order office; telegraph office, Firsby (R.S.) Acreage, 1833 ; population of the civil parish, 190; of the ecclesiastical, with Irby-in-the-Marsh, 331 The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln, consolidated in 1887 with the vicarage of Irby-in-the-Marsh; net yearly value, £211 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church comprises nave and aisles, with clerestory; contains an ancient font; and has in the tower a contemporary painting of the defeat of the Armada. It was thoroughly restored in 1890.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
