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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Braishfield like this:
BRAISHFIELD, or Brashfield, a chapelry in the parishes of Mitchelmersh, Romsey, and Hursley, Hants; on the Anton river, and the Andover railway, 3½ miles N of Romsey r. station. It was constituted in 1855: and it has a post office under Romsey. Pop., 452. Houses, 100. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £50.* Patron, the Rector of Mitchel mersh.
Braishfield is now part of TEST VALLEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how TEST VALLEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Braishfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Braishfield, in Test Valley and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22849
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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