In 1066 Leofnoth of Branston was Lord of the Manor; after 1086 this transferred to Ralph of Kimcote, with the Bishop of Lincoln becoming Tenant-in-chief.

[7] The Grade II* listed St Guthlac's Church, Branston originated in the 13th century, with alterations up the 15th.

New chancel and nave roofs were added in 1895–1896 by George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner, Gothic Revival architects.

[8] Further Grade II listed buildings are three 18th-century farmhouses,[9][10][11] the early 19th-century Old Rectory,[12] and the Village Hall dating from 1843.

Ore was first obtained in 1915 and the quarrying worked its way southwards and then northwards again, a little to the east, back to a point close to where it started.