Branston, Lincolnshire

Branston is a large village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately 4mi south-east from the city and county town of Lincoln. It is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Branston and Mere (where is population is currently recorded).In the 2001 Census the population of the parish was recorded as 4019.HistoryThe 1086 Domesday Book records a village population as 350, a figure which stayed relatively stable until the beginning of the 20th century when the population began to quickly increase to the current total. The character of the village has changed much over the second half of the 20th Century but the village has retained much of its historic centre – where the majority of buildings are constructed from local limestone.The village's most notable buildings are Branston Hall and Branston All Saints' Church. There is a rectory house, built in 1765. A now redundant Methodist chapel, built in 1847, is of Gothic style and previously seated 300. A Methodist chapel with seating for 110 was built to the north-east of the village at Branston Moor in 1911.A war memorial to men of the parish killed in the First World War was erected on the village green in 1920.