Brauncewell is a hamlet and former

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, now in the parish of Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap, in the

North Kesteven North Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Sleaford. The district also contains the town of North Hykeham, which adjoins the neighbouring city of Lincoln, England, L ...

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, England. It is situated between

Leadenham __NOTOC__ Leadenham is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 410. It lies north of Grantham, south of Lincoln and north west of Slea ...

and the

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Sleaford Sleaford is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. On the edge of the The Fens, Fenlands, it is north-east of Grantham, west of Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston, and sou ...

, and is north east from, and in close proximity to,

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. In 2001 the parish had a population of 521. On 1 April 2011 the parish was abolished and merged with Cranwell and Byard's Leap to form "Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap". Brauncewell

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listed

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parish church is dedicated to All Saints. Built in the 16th century over an earlier church, it was largely rebuilt in 1857. It includes a grave cover in the nave dated between the 10th and 12th century. The church is now redundant. Brauncewell is close to a large quarry. A

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Barrow burial site, and

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sites, have been identified within the parish. The parish contains the remains of two

deserted medieval village In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village (DMV) is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks. If there are fewer than three inhabited houses the conve ...

s: *''Brauncewell'', east of Brauncewell *''Dunsby'', east-south-east of Brauncewell

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* {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Former civil parishes in Lincolnshire North Kesteven District