BRACEBY VILLAGE - LINCOLNSHIRE

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A Visit to the Village of Braceby

Braceby Past & Present

1915

Braceby & Sapperton Sunday School with the Vicar, Rev. Outram and his wife

Dwellings: Hill House, White House, Dovecote Cottage, Manor Farm Cottage, Manor Farm, Laburnum Cottage, College Farm, Field House, Saddleback Cottage, Back Lane House, Church Farm, Barn House

In the middle of the 19th century there were 33 dwellings, according to the 1861 census. Some of those still remaining were built as 2, or even 4, houses.

In the 1940s there was a tarmaced lane, known as Back Lane or The Lane leading to several houses. Gradually all the houses except the one nearest to the Village Street have been demolished by Welby Estate who owned them and now the lane is no more than a track. The last building to be demolished was a row of three cottages which had not been lived in for 50 years or so.

There is one working farm - Manor Farm. In the 1960s there were three. The farm comprises approximately 600 acres and is farmed by a father and son. The son is the third generation of the family to farm this land.

Manor Farm House datestone - LT1653

A VILLAGE IN ENGLAND