Braceborough

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.[1]

Braceborough

Braceborough
Braceborough
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF078126
• London80 mi (130 km) S
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStamford
Postcode districtPE9
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

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.[2] The incumbent is Rev Carolyn Kennedy.

The Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Margaret.[3] It was almost entirely rebuilt in 1837.[4]

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,[5] on the independent Essendine to Bourne Railway. It became part of Great Northern Railway. The line was closed in June 1951.[6]

Detail of 1903 Railway Clearing House diagram showing the railway station

Braceborough Spa, rising in the grounds of Spa House,[4] 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
  1. "Parish Council".
  2. "Braceborough P C C". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  3. Historic England. "Church of St Margaret (1360151)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  4. Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 77-78; Methuen & Co. Ltd
  5. Historic England. "Braceborough Spa Halt (506986)". PastScape. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  6. Stennett, Alan (2007). Lost railways of Lincolnshire. Countryside Books. pp. 99–102.
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