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Braunston in Rutland Braunston is roughly three miles (4.8 km) south-west of the county town of Oakham. The River Gwash flows through the village. Leicestershire lies over the parish's western boundary. The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Brant'. The name was changed from 'Braunston' to 'Braunston in Rutland' about 1984 to avoid confusion with Braunstone, now a suburb of Leicester. Traditionally people who lived in Braunston were known as 'Braunston Turks' as they were regarded as generous but pugnacious people. Braunston was part of the medieval Leicestershire Forest which stretched into Rutland. The Leicestershire part was released from Forest Law by Henry III in 1235 and most of the Rutland portion by Edward I in 1299. The remaining Forest was a strip of land along the Rutland border from Braunston in Rutland in the north to Stoke Dry in the south. See lahs.org.uk/blog/ghost-woods-of-leighfield-forest Braunston was part of Oakham Soke. Quaintree Hall House. This attractive village has a number of notable buildings. Quaintree Hall House (previously Cedar House) is a medieval hall with a Georgian font, probably built using stone from Brooke Priory which was demolished in the sixteenth century. The roof of Quaintree Hall House has been dated by dendrochronology to 1295–1305. See this article about Quaintree Hall House in the Rutland Record No.1. The village has two pubs, The Old Plough, and the seventeenth-century Blue Ball Inn. Ratts Lane is named after George Ratt who had a bakery nearby. All Saint's Church All Saints stands on a slight mound within the churchyard, which itself rises up from the east. There is an early thirteenth century Romanesque doorway, font and chancel arch. The rest of the building is mostly fifteenth century (although the apparently fourteenth century tower may have been rebuilt in the 1720s) and was restored between 1887–90. Inside look out for the traces of wall paintings (possibly fifteenth century) in the south aisle and tiny heads decorating the fourteenth century north aisle. In the churchyard two slate tombstones, dated 1787 and 1795, depict the Resurrection. The most famous occupant of the churchyard, a carving of national interest, now stands to the west of the tower. About 1920 she was discovered face down being used as a doorstep. Although often referred to as a pagan goddess or 'Earth Mother' (or even as a 'sheela-na-gig', although she is not in the pose characteristic of such carvings) there is no evidence that she is pre-christian. I have written more extensively about her here. Braunston was one of three Rutland villages used to study mortality in the late 1830s. See Rutland Record No.33. Victoria County History page for Braunston. Back to top of this page     Back to home page   This website does not gather or store any visitor information. Copyright Bob Trubshaw 2026 No unauthorised copying or reproduction except if all following conditions apply a: Copy is complete (including this copyright statement). b: No changes are made. c: No charge is made. www.hoap.co.uk/rutland

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