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Branston is a village in the civil parish of Croxton Kerrial and Branston, in Leicestershire, England. It is geographically situated north from the A607 road, south-west from Grantham and 7 miles north-east from Melton Mowbray. The village is at the southern edge of the Vale of Belvoir, and south-west from Belvoir Castle. Knipton Reservoir is to the north. ==History== According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Branston could be "a farmstead or a village of a man called Brant" – 'Brant' from an Old English person name and 'ton' for "enclosure, farmstead, village, manor, () estate".〔Mills, Anthony David (2003); ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', pp.73, 525, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011). ISBN 019960908X〕 In the 1086 ''Domesday'' account Branston is referred to as "Brantestone"〔("Documents Online: Branston, Leicestershire" ), ''Great Domesday Book'', Folio: 231r; The National Archives. Retrieved 4 July 2012〕 in the Framland Hundred of north-east Leicestershire. It had 21 households, 10 villagers, 1 smallholder 6 freemen and 4 slaves, with a meadow of and 2 mills. In 1066 Leofnoth of Branston was Lord of the Manor; after 1086 this transferred to Ralph of Kimcote, with the Bishop of Lincoln becoming Tenant-in-chief.〔("Branston" ), Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2012〕 The Grade II * listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Guthlac, originating in the 13th century with alterations up the 15th. New chancel and nave roofs were added in 1895-96 by George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner, Gothic Revival architects.〔("Church of St Guthlac" ), ''National Heritage List for England'', English Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2012〕 Further Grade II listed buildings are three 18th-century farmhouses,〔("Hall Farmhouse" ), ''National Heritage List for England'', English Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2012〕〔("Lings Farmhouse and Attached Stable Range" ), ''National Heritage List for England'', English Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2012〕〔("Wilds Farmhouse" ), ''National Heritage List for England'', English Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2012〕 the early 19th-century Old Rectory,〔("The Old Rectory" ), ''National Heritage List for England'', English Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2012〕 and the Village Hall dating from 1843.〔("Village Hall" ), ''National Heritage List for England'', English Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2012〕 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, Leicestershire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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