Looking over the River Quinn towards the parish church at Braughing
from Afoot in Hertfordshire by Frank Dawes Illustrated by Leonard Wyatt
Braughing
Adjacent Parishes: Albury, Furneaux Pelham, Great Hormead, Layton (Buntingford), Little Hadham, Little Hormead, Standon, Westmill
It is in Braughing Hundred and the Bishop Stortford Union
Puckeridge is a village which is part in Braughing parish and part in Standon parish
Looking over the River Quinn towards the
parish church at Braughing
from Afoot in Hertfordshire by Frank Dawes Illustrated by
Leonard Wyatt
Hamels in 1722 (detail from
Garden-making)
Book: Garden-making and the Freman Family: A Memoir of Hamels 1713-1733
The Two-holer Privy at Braughing
from Hertfordshire Privies
St Mary's, Braughing -
undated postcard by R.A.P.
There is a community web site with pages on the local history
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OFFICIAL GUIDE Braughing Rural District 1971 The Rural District contained Albury, Anstey, Ardeley, Aspenden, Braughing, Brent Pelham, Buckland, Buntingford, Cottered, Furneaux Pelham, High Wych, Hormead, Little Hadham, Meesden, Much Hadham, Stocking Pelham, Thorley, Westmill, and Wyddial. The descriptions of each place is given on the appropriate web page. |
| Braughing is fairly centrally situated in the Rural District to which
it gives its name. This is an extensive parish watered by the Quin which flows into the Rib near Ford Bridge. Hamlets include Hay
Street, Cockhampstead, Bozen Green and Braughing Friars. Notable houses here are Upp Hall, a mellowed 17th century residence, and
Hamels, set in a fine park. Roman remains including coins and a sarcophagus have been discovered in this parish.
Braughing, recorded as Brachings in the Domesday Survey made by the Normans in 1086, may have been a Roman station. A weekly market granted during the reign of Stephen, and an annual fair have now lapsed. The village is picturesquely set above the river. The church, standing high, was largely rebuilt in the 15th century and has since been restored. The two-storey porch should be noticed; also the excellent modern carving of the chancel screen. The font of Caen stone is new; but the original font, 600 years old has been found and brought back into the church. |
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Malting Bridge, Braughing |
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Malting Bridge, Braughing James Williams, photographer, Puckeridge, is listed in the 1912 and 1937 Kelly's Directory for Hertfordshire. He is not listed in the 1908 directory for either Puckeridge or Standon.
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Braughing Street Published by James Williams, photographer, Standon, #163504 Card posted August 1917 to Driver C D Bunson 46134, Royal Field Artillery, 86th Battery ?, 19th Division, B.E.F. from Phyllis |
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See also Vital Records
If you know of other books, websites, etc, relating to this place, please tell me.
Last Updated December 2006
