Braceborough is a village in the South Kesteven district of

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, England. It is situated off the Stamford to Bourne

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, just west of the A15 as it runs between

Market Deeping Market Deeping is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, on the north bank of the River Welland and the A15 road. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 6,008. History The town's mar ...

and Bourne. It forms part of the

Civil Parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

Braceborough and Wilsthorpe Braceborough and Wilsthorpe is a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Braceborough and Wilsthorpe are less than apart, separated by the East Glen River. Braceborough and Wilsthorpe are located between the A61 ...

. The

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has equivalent boundaries to the civil parish. It is part of the Uffington Group in the Aveland & Ness with Stamford Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln. The incumbent is Rev Carolyn Kennedy. The

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listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Margaret. It was almost entirely rebuilt in 1837.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' pp. 77-78; Methuen & Co. Ltd During the Second World War Braceborough Hall housed elements of the

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; it is now a retirement home.

Braceborough Spa

Near Braceborough is Braceborough Spa which had its own

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, Braceborough Spa Halt, on the independent

Essendine Essendine is a village and civil parish at the eastern end of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England, located 5 miles (7 km) north of Stamford and 6 miles (10 km) south of Bourne. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 cen ...

to Bourne Railway. It became part of Great Northern Railway. The line was closed in June 1951. Mgnjrbourne01

Braceborough Spa, rising in the grounds of Spa House, was popular in the

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for its natural spring waters. As with many Victorian Spas, Braceborough's declined in favour of more modern forms of medical treatment, and finally closed in 1939.

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