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Branston and Mere is a civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated some roughly south-east from the city and county town of Lincoln.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/BranstonandMere/ )〕 The parish is a long strip between the RAF airfield at Waddington and the River Witham near Bardney. The A15 road crosses the extreme west and the parish is bisected by the Sleaford to Lincoln railway line In the 2001 Census the population of the parish was recorded as 4019 in 1693 households. The civil parish was created in 1931, by merging the two former parishes of Branston and Mere. ==Geography== The parish (Branston and Mere) (meets ) Heighington and Canwick around north of the school, towards Heighington. The parish boundary with Heighington passes close to the edge of the east of the village, skirting the school's playing fields. The boundary follows Moor Lane, (across ) the railway line along the (road ) to Branston Booths where it meets the B1190 and Car Dyke, and along the (Branston Delph ) on Branston Fen, crossing the River Witham, becoming the North Kesteven and West Lindsey boundary. The section north-east of the Witham is called Branston Island, meeting Fiskerton, Stainfield and Bardney, passing (Bardney Lock ). It meets Potter Hanworth at (Bardney Bridge ) and follows (Branston Causeway ) (becomes the B1190) westwards, skirting the north edge of Potterhanworth Booths. It follows the B1202 westwards for around a half mile, then skirts the southern edge of a wood, crosses the railway line and Little Gate Lane, then Sleaford Road (B1188).〔 It meets Nocton west of Fox Covert, and crosses Bloxholm Lane at the (point ) where (Branston Lane ) crosses, and meets Waddington halfway between (Bloxholm Lane ) and the A15. Mere Hall is around a mile to the north. It crosses the A15 south of the B1178 (junction ), and passing through the eastern section of the airfield. The boundary passes northwards through RAF Waddington, with the north-eastern section of the runway in the parish. It crosses the A15 at the northern (edge ) of RAF Waddington, just off the point where it meets Bracebridge Heath. It follows (Bloxholm Lane ) to the north, and skirts the northern part of (Westfield Farm ), where it meets Canwick. It crosses the B1188 where the pylons (cross ) the road. east it meets Washingborough, following a small beck and skirting the north (edge ) of the village.〔 The western end of the parish is on the high ground of the Lincolnshire Limestone while the eastern end is closer too sea level, the historic marshes of the River Welland.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Branston and Mere」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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