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Bracebridge HeathNotable as the junction of three Roman Roads - Ermine Street, London Road and Grantham Road, and part of Boothby Graffoe Wapentake, Bracebridge Heath sits on the top of Waddington Cliff, overlooking Lincoln and the Witham valley. According to Whites 1876 Lincolnshire, the Parish of 1438 acres (5.8 km²) consists of the Lincolnshire County Lunatic Asylum (on Sleaford Road), All Saints Church, and a Vicarage. The notable persons living in this Parish of 340 persons, in 1876, were - Thomas Allen, MD (at the Asylum)
- William Andrew, Solicitor
- Rev William Bromehead BA, vicar
- William Coupland, Blacksmith and Beerhouse
- Willaim Green, Blacksmith
- George Kirkup, Asylum Steward
- William Mills, Wards Brickyard
- Edward Palmer, MD, Asylum Superintendant
- George Wheatley, Carpenter
- Charles White, Pattern and Clog Maker
- John Wollfit, Licensed Victualler, The John Bull
- Thomas Butler, Farmer
- Charles Clarke, Farmer
- Edwin Scrivener, Farmer
- William Toulson, Farmer
- Mrs Mary Winn, Post and Carrier from Lincoln
By 2005, Bracebridge Heath had changed dramatically. The Asylum was closed, and the land had been sold off for building, and nearly 1000 new houses had sprung up on the site. Further new houses and a Petrol Station had extended the village boundary towards Waddington. The asylum buildings were listed as grade 3, and cannot be demolished, but some have been refurbished into flats, offices and a nursery. There was various industrial buildings, particularly round the site of the now long defunct Brickyard, and new homes all along both sides of Sleaford Road. The blacksmithy run by Willaim Coupland has now become 'The Blacksmiths Arms' Pub, and another pub, 'The Homestead' has sprung up on the Asylum site. Interestingly, the 'John Bull' is still in business. A small Primary School has been built on London Road, and there is a row of shops, including a Supermarket, Chemist, Butcher and Newsagent. A Doctors Surgery has been built further down Grantham Road. One of the most significant differences is the amount of vehicular traffic that now passes through the village during rush hour times, being on two major arterial roads (the A15 to Sleaford and the A607 to Grantham) Due to its close proximity to RAF Waddington (less than one mile) property prices have increased enormously during the period 2000 - 2005
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