Braunston

Other current and historical names

Bramston
Brandestone

Built-Up Area: Braunston
Parish/Community: Braunston
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°17'29"N 1°12'28"W
Eastings/Northings: 454121, 266215
OS Grid: SP541662
Mapcode Local: GBR 8RM.7FV
Mapcode Global: VHCV5.0NRS

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Braunston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Braunston in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Braunston.-- par., vil., and seat, S. Northamptonshire, 3 miles SE. of Walford ry. sta. and 3½ miles NW. of Daventry, 3930 ac., pop. 1072; P.O., T.O. The Grand Junction Canal here passes through a tunnel 1½ mile in length.

Braunston in the Domesday Book

A village in Gravesend hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thori son of Roald
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £4 10/- in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 1 acre
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saewin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Peverel (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders

British Place Names

Braunston, Northamptonshire

Braunston is a village in Northamptonshire

Braunston in historic gazetteers

Braunston in the Domesday Book