My Miller and Mather ancestors, their friends, neighbours and associates.
Notes:
Brailes is a civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) east of Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire, England. It includes the two villages of Lower and Upper Brailes but is often referred to as one village as the two adjoin each other. The parish includes the village of Winderton about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Brailes, and the deserted medieval village of Chelmscote about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Brailes.
The parish is bounded to the east by Ditchedge Lane and Beggars' Lane, which are an historic ridgeway that also form part of the county boundary with Oxfordshire.[2] The northeastern boundary is a minor road, part of which follows the course of a Roman road. The River Stour forms part of the southern boundary, and another part is formed by Sutton Brook, a tributary of the Stour. To the west, north and the remainder of the south the parish is bounded by field boundaries.
The name "Brailes" is thought to originate either from the Old Welsh breg-lis - "hill court" - or the Old English byrgels - "burial place".[4]
Castle Hill Motte in the middle of the village is a natural knoll that was made higher in the Norman era to form the motte of a motte-and-bailey castle.[5] Its construction may have been ordered by Roger de Beaumont, who was Earl of Warwick 1123?53.[5] Earthworks of both the motte and the bailey survive, and the site is a Scheduled Monument.[5]
Brailes was the home of William de Brailes, a 13th-century medieval painter of illuminated manuscripts. Of the many artists who painted such manuscripts, William is one of only two whose name has been recorded.[6]
On the other side of Stocks Hill is Brailes House, former home to the Sheldon family.[citation needed] The Sheldons have held the manor of Brailes since 1547.[2]
Latitude: 52.051, Longitude: -1.544Matches 1 to 1 of 1
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| 1 |  Ashby, Robert | 26 Apr 1786 | Brailes, Warwickshire, England | I30121 |
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| 1 | Ashby, Robert | 28 Apr 1786 | Brailes, Warwickshire, England | I30121 |
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| 1 | Ashby, Robert | 1786 | Brailes, Warwickshire, England | I30121 |
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