Braughing
Sign in to saveBraughing is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The village lies north of Ware, its post town. It stands on the River Quin, near its confluence with the River Rib. As well as the village itself, the parish covers surrounding rural areas, including the hamlets of Bozen Green, Braughing Friars, and Dassels. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,351.
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Place details
- Locality
- East Hertfordshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.shire_county
- Hertfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.population
- 1,351
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- East Hertfordshire
- UK place.civil_parish
- Braughing
- UK place.postcode_district
- SG11
- UK place.postcode_area
- SG
- UK place.post_town
- Ware
- UK place.static_image_name
- Ford at Braughing (geograph 3447253).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The ford across the River Quin in the village
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- East Hertfordshire
- Population
- +1203
- Official website
- www.braughing.org.uk
- Image
- St Mary, Braughing, Herts - geograph.org.uk - 370471.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Prehistory
- Roman times
- Saxon times
- Gatesbury
- Customs
- Old Man's Day
- Wheelbarrow race
- Transport
- Famous residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Braughing is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The village lies north of Ware, its post town. It stands on the River Quin, near its confluence with the River Rib. As well as the village itself, the parish covers surrounding rural areas, including the hamlets of Bozen Green, Braughing Friars, and Dassels. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,351.
A Roman town stood to the south-west of the modern village, on the opposite bank of the Rib, near the junction of the Roman roads of Ermine Street and Stane Street. Braughing was a place of some importance in medieval times, giving its name to the Braughing Hundred of Hertfordshire. It later also gave its name to the Braughing Rural District which existed between 1935 and 1974.