Country: | England |
Static Image: | Bransby - geograph.org.uk - 203913.jpg |
Coordinates: | 53.3°N -0.66°W |
Official Name: | Bransby |
Shire District: | West Lindsey |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Post Town: | Lincoln |
Postcode District: | LN1 |
Postcode Area: | LN |
Os Grid Reference: | SK899790 |
London Distance Mi: | 125 |
London Direction: | S |
Bransby is a hamlet in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 7miles north-west from the city and county town of Lincoln, 9miles south-east from Gainsborough, and 0.5miles from both the A1500 Roman road to the north, and the B1241 to the west.
Bransby is a single-street village bounded by cottages and farms.
The River Till flows past the village 400yd to the east.
Bransby is documented in the Doomsday Book of 1086 as "Branzbi". Archaeological evidence suggests there may have been a green or common in the past, as well as medieval earthworks, possibly a pond.[1]
Bransby is home to Bransby Horses Rescue and Welfare, one of the UK's largest equine welfare sanctuaries. The charity was founded by Peter Hunt in 1968.[2]