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Braceby Past & Present
A Visit to the Village of Braceby
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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.
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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 second generation of the family to farm this land.
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Braceby is a designated Conservation village with 11 listed items.
These include the Church, several houses, a dovecote, the telephone box and a water pump.
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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.
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