The River Brant is a tributary of the

River Witham The River Witham is a river almost entirely in the county of Lincolnshire in the east of England. It rises south of Grantham close to South Witham at , passes through the centre of Grantham (where it may be closely followed using the Riversi ...

that flows entirely within the county of

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, in the east of

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. In 1855 the river was described as follows: "Brant, a tributary of the Witham in the western part of the county of Lincoln. This small stream has its rise in several fine springs in the parish of Hough-on-the-Hill, and pursues its humble course in a northern direction, westward of a range of high land."

Name

The origin of the name is from the

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

''brant'' (meaning "steep", "deep"), referring to a steeply sloping incline.

Course

The Brant rises on the flank of Summerfields Hill to the south-west of Gelston near

Hough-on-the-Hill Hough-on-the-Hill is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven Non-metropolitan district, district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish including Brandon, Lincolnshire, Brandon was 399 at the 2011 census. It is s ...

, and curves round such that it flows almost directly north, parallel to the Limestone

Lincolnshire Edge The Lincoln Cliff or Lincoln Edge is a portion of a major escarpment that runs north–south through the historic divisions of Lindsey and Kesteven in central Lincolnshire and is a prominent landscape feature in a generally flat portion of the ...

. The river flows past Brandon to which it gives its name, then reaches

Stragglethorpe Stragglethorpe is a village in the civil parish of Brant Broughton with Stragglethorpe, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately east of Newark-on-Trent. These figures refer to the populati ...

where it is joined by The Beck, which drains

Fulbeck Fulbeck is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population (including Byards Leap) taken at the 2011 census was 513. The village is on the A607 road, A607, north from Grantham and north-w ...

. At

Brant Broughton Brant Broughton (pronounced ''Brew''-ton) is a small village in the civil parish of Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies north of the A17 road (England), A17 approximately east of ...

it meets with its largest tributary the Sand Beck, and then continues north passing the Low Fields of

Navenby Navenby is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Lying south from Lincoln, England, Lincoln and north-northwest from Sleaford, Navenby had a population of 2,361 in the 2021 census. In March 2011 ...

Boothby Graffoe Boothby Graffoe 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 223. It is situated approximately south from the city and county town of Lincoln, ...

and Coleby where it flows to the west of the deserted medieval village of

Skinnand Skinnand is a deserted medieval village in the civil parish of Navenby, in the North Kesteven district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It was a small farming community situated south of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincoln and northwest of ...

and the remains of

Somerton Castle __NOTOC__ Somerton Castle is located approximately west of the village of Boothby Graffoe in Lincolnshire, England and to the south of the city of Lincoln, England. The site is on low-lying land between the Lincoln Edge and the River Witham. ...

. Further north it then reaches its confluence with the River Witham between the villages of Aubourn and South Hykeham.

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