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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BRANDON and BRETFORD, a township in wolston parish, Warwick; on the river Avon, and on the Birmingham and Rugby railway, 5 miles ESE of Coventry. It has a station, of the name of Brandon, on the railway. Real property, £4,044. Pop., 814. Houses, 191. Here were anciently a castle, built soon after the Conquest; a small convent of black nuns, founded by Jeffrey de Clinton, and given to Kenilworth priory; and a chapel or hospital of St. Edmond, founded by the Turvilles, lords of Wolston. Some traces of the castle still exist. Brandon House is the seat of the Beech family.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wolston AP/CP Warwickshire AncC |
| Place: | Brandon |
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