Braunston, a parish in Rutland, on the river Gwash, 2 1/2 miles SW of Oakham station on the M.R. It has a post office under Oakham, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1577; population, 350. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; net yearly value, £250 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is an ancient Gothic building of stone, and there are also Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
