Bramcote, Nottinghamshire

Description
Bramcote, a village and a parish in Nottinghamshire. The village stands near the verge of the county and the Nottingham Canal and the Erewash river, 1 1/2 mile from Stanton Gate station on the M.R., and 5 miles WSW of Nottingham, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Stapleford. Area of the parish, 1064 acres; population of the civil parish, 762; of the ecclesiastical, including Attenborough, 2020. Bramcote Hall and Bramcote Hills are chief residences. The Hemlock stone, 50 feet high, and estimated to weigh between 200 and 300 tons, stands on Brambcote Hill. Much of the surface is hill and moor. The majority of the inhabitants are engaged in the collieries and in agriculture. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Attenborough, in the diocese of Southwell. The church was built in 1861, is in the Decorated English style, and consists of nave, aisle, chancel, and vestry, with a tower and spire 130 feet high. The tower of the old church still stands in the old churchyard which is closed; it contains monuments of the Handleys. There are a Wesleyan chapel and several small charities.