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OS grid reference
  
TF078126

Country
  
England

Post town
  
Stamford

Local time
  
Friday 6:28 PM

UK parliament constituency
  
Grantham and Stamford

Region
  
East Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
PE9

Ceremonial county
  
Lincolnshire

Unitary authority
  
South Kesteven

Braceborough

Weather
  
7°C, Wind SE at 14 km/h, 100% Humidity

Civil parish
  
Braceborough and Wilsthorpe

Braceborough is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated off the Stamford to Bourne A6121 road, just west of the A15 as it runs between Market Deeping and Bourne. It forms part of the Civil Parish of Braceborough and Wilsthorpe.

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Map of Braceborough, Stamford, UK

The ecclesiastical parish has equivalent boundaries to the civil parish. It is part of the Uffington Group in the Aveland & Ness with Stamford Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln. The incumbent is Rev Carolyn Kennedy.

The Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Margaret. It was almost entirely rebuilt in 1837.

During the Second World War Braceborough Hall housed elements of the Women's Land Army; it is now a retirement home.

Braceborough Spa

Near Braceborough is Braceborough Spa which had its own railway station, Braceborough Spa Halt, on the independent Essendine to Bourne Railway. It became part of Great Northern Railway. The line was closed in June 1951.

Braceborough Spa, rising in the grounds of Spa House, was popular in the Victorian era for its natural spring waters. A bath house was built in 1841, and Doctor Willis treated George III here for his 'madness'. His royal patient stayed in a wing of Shillingthorpe Hall nearby, now demolished; there is a tablet in Greatford Church commemorating his stay. As with many Victorian Spas, Braceborough's declined in favour of more modern forms of medical treatment, and finally closed in 1939.

References

Braceborough Wikipedia