Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRAINTFIELD, Brantfield, or Bramfield

BRAINTFIELD, Brantfield, or Bramfield, a parish in the district and county of Hertford; near the river Beane, 3½ miles NW of Hertford r. station. Post Town, Hertford. Acres, 1,540. Real property, £1,807. Pop., 191. Houses, 45. The property is divided among a few. Braintfield Place is the seat of the Brasseys. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £267.* Patron, Abel Smith, Esq. The church is good. Thom as à Becket was rector.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bramfield CP/AP       Hertfordshire AncC
Place names: BRAINTFIELD     |     BRAINTFIELD BRANTFIELD OR BRAMFIELD     |     BRAMFIELD     |     BRANTFIELD
Place: Bramfield

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