Bramcote

The Library at Nottingham will prove useful in your research.

J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Entrance to Bramcote Crematorium on geo-graph, taken in July, 2016.

• The parish was in the Greasley sub-district of the Shardlow Registration District.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The old chapel was here in 1246.
   
• Nothing remains of the old church except the low square embattled tower standing in the old churchyard, now closed.
   
• A new church was built here in the 14th century. It was abandoned in 1861 and the nave and chancel and south porch demolished in 1862.
   
• Garth NEWTON has a photograph of The Sunken Church on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2003.
   
• The new church was consecrated in 1861.
   
• The new Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael and All Angels.
   
• M. J. RICHARDSON has a photograph of St Michael and All Angels Church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2011.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1562, but the first two volumes are in poor condition.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Mansfield.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here in 1834. The chapel is on Chapel Street, naturally.
   
• The Primitive Methodists had a chapel here before 1869.
   

• The parish was in the Greasley sub-district of the Shardlow Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   

Bramcote is both a village and a parish about 5 miles west-by-south from Nottingham city and 2 miles west of Beeston. The parish covers just over 1,060 acres of lofty hills.

The ancient Saxon farming village is now part of the conurbation of Nottingham. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the M1 motorway to the A52 trunk road and turn east. At the second roundabout, you are at Bramcote. Exit to the right.
   
• Bramcote Leisure Centre is in Bramcote Park, just west of the A52. Check at the desk for current activities.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.
   

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Bramcote to another place.

• Much of the parish workforce was employed as frame-work knitters in the 1800s.
   
• The parish festival was held on St. Michaelmas Day (29th September) or a day very close to it.
   

• Bramcote Hall is a relatively modern building of brick and stone, built in 1800.
   
• The old Manor House is built of red brick and was once the residence of the HANDLEY family.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK508382 (Lat/Lon: 52.938633, -1.244988), Bramcote which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

The War Memorial plaque in the church was dedicated in April 1920.

Andrew ABBOTT has a photograph of the Bramcote Memorial Hall on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2020. The Hall was opened in 1923.

There are 15 names on the War Memorial plaque:

• Richard Lancelot Baugh ALLEN
• Ernest EATCH
• John Strachan PEARSON
• Harold Brocklesby BARTRAM
• Richard HALLAM
• Stephen Hetley PEARSON
• Arthur Henry BURTON
• Frank KIRK
• John Strachan STARBUCK
• Charles Geoffrey CLAYE
• Charles Paton LAVELL
• Harry SWIFT
• George COOKE
• A THORPE
• Harry TOMLINSON

• This place was an ancient parish and Chapelry in Nottinghamshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• This parish was in the northern division of the county in the south division of the Broxtowe Hundred or Wapentake.
   
• This Civil Parish was abolished in April, 1935 to create the Civil Parish of Beeston and Stapleford.
   
• District governance is provided by the Broxtowe Borough Council.
   

• The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1771.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Shardlow Poorlaw Union.
   
• In 1852 Miss Frances Jane LONGDEN built 4 almshouses for 4 poor women.
   
• Andrew ABBOTT has a photograph of the almshouses on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2010.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	354
1851	722
1861	691
1871	616
1881	751
1891	762
1901	745
1911	683

• A National School was built here in 1836.
   
• Miss Catherine CRESWELL ran a boarding school in Bramcote in 1770. She would move to Manchester in 1771. In May 1773 she married John (Jack) UPTON a book seller. He joined the 72nd Regt. in 1778 and was later posted to Gibraltar (with Cahterine) just before the Great Siege of Gibralatar (1779 - 1783).
   
• The village now sports four schools; Bramcote C of E Primary School, Bramcote Hills Primary School, Bramcote Park Business and Enterprise School and Foxwood School.
   
• St. John's College is a Church of England theological college.
   
• David HALLAM-JONES has a photograph of St. John's College on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2013.
   
• Andrew ABBOTT has a photograph of Bramcote Hills College on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2020. I am unaware of this school.