Braishfield

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Braishfield

Total population

684

Coordinates51.02°, -1.47°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Braishfield is a village and civil parish north of Romsey in Hampshire, England. The name is thought to be derived from the Old English bræsc + feld, meaning 'open land with small branches or brushwood'. The hamlet of Pucknall lies due east of the village.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

British statesman and prime minister (1784–1865)

William Petty

English scientist, philosopher, statistician and economist (1623-1687)

Herbert Stewart

British army officer (1843-1885)

Charlotte Mary Yonge

English writer, editor (1823–1901)

Judi Bowker

English actress

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Ben Mansfield

actor

Nick Harvey

British politician (born 1961)

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Nigel Spackman

English footballer and manager (born 1960)

Wilbert Awdry

British vicar and author (1911–1997)

John Russell Reynolds

British neurologist and physician (1828–1896)

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Tom Oliver

English-Australian television, film and theatre actor

Sylvia Holland

British artist (1900-1974)

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Andy Cook

English footballer (born 1969)

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Bert Shelley

English footballer (1899-1971)

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Charles Barton

English cricketer (1860-1919)

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Catherine Butler

British writer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Mottisfont
  3.3 mi away · pop. 351
• Chilworth
  4.7 mi away
• Otterbourne
  5.4 mi away
• Shawford
  6.1 mi away
• Stockbridge
  6.3 mi away · pop. 759
• Twyford
  6.6 mi away
• Plaitford
  7.1 mi away
• West Dean
  7.4 mi away
• Chilcomb
  8.4 mi away
• Bramshaw
  8.7 mi away · pop. 677
• West End
  8.8 mi away
• Stock's Cross
  8.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Seen 2026-09-26

Eurasian Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Seen 2026-09-26

Tapered Drone Fly

Eristalis pertinax

Seen 2026-09-26

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus terrestris

Seen 2026-09-26

Hornet Mimic Hover Fly

Volucella zonaria

Seen 2026-09-26

Clouded Yellow

Colias crocea

Seen 2026-09-26

Common Blue

Polyommatus icarus

Seen 2026-09-26

House Jumping Spider

Pseudeuophrys lanigera

Seen 2026-09-26

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers