Braithwell

Braithwell recorded in the Domesday Book as Bradewelle

Where four roads meet stands an old cross , with an inscription unreadable now for most of us. It has been thought to be a memorial to one of the lords of Conisborough Castle , or a thank- offering for the safe return of Richard Lionheart.

The church, among beeches and sycamores, was begun by the Normans, and the tympanum over the south doorway was one of the few they left in the county, carved with rings, stars, and lattice. The original shape of a cross was lost when the aisle was added in the 14 century, and of the old central tower there are only three pointed and leaning arches, built when the Norman style was passing. Now there is a 15th century west tower. The 19th century chancel has a recess of the 14th and the aisle its old piscina.

Round the pulpit are old inscriptions, one dated 1574, and its three old panels are carved with foliage and flowers and a quaint scene of a man in a long robe kneeling at a prayer desk in a church.

In 1822, the Parish of Braithwell comprised:

Braithwell , a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 5 miles from Tickhill, 6 miles NE. of Rotherham, 8 from Doncaster, 45 from York, Population 438. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Doncaster, value,£7 7s. 6d. parish rate, £70. Patron, the King.
Bramley in the parish of Braithwell, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; Bramley Hall, the seat of John Fullarton, Esq.situated 4 miles E. of Rotherham, 10 from Doncaster. Population 310. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Braithwell.
Bramley Grange , in the parish of Braithwell, and wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4 miles east of Rotherham.
Lambcote Grange, a farm-house in the township and parish of Braithwell, liberty of Tickhill; 5 miles from Tickhill
Micklebring, in the township and parish of Braithwell, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 5½ miles E. of Rotherham, 9 from Doncaster.

Google Earth map of Braithwell

Braithwell Images

PSI Nursery, Braithwell

There are further details of Bramley Grange on Wickersley Web

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