BRANSTON, a parish in the hundred of FRAMLAND,
county of LEICESTER, 8 miles (N. E. by N.) from Melton-
Mowbray, containing 282 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £ 15.10.5.,
and in the patronage of the Duke of Rutland. The
church is dedicated to St. Guthlake.