Braunston, Northamptonshire

Description
Braunston or Brandestone, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire. The village stands at the junction of the Oxford and the Grand Junction canals, 3 1/2 miles NW of Daventry, and has a station on the line from Daventry to Leamington, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Rugby. Little Braunston hamlet stands half a mile to the E. The parish comprises 3261 acres; population, 983. The Grand Junction Canal here passes through a tunnel 1 1/2 mile long. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net yearly value, £600. Patron, Jesus' College, Oxford. The church, rebuilt in 1847, is a building of sandstone in the Geometrical Early English style. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels. Bragborough Hall is a chief residence.