Braunstone Town

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Braunstone is a civil parish in the district of Blaby in Leicestershire, now known as the Town of Braunstone.

It is just outside the city boundary of Leicester, and the part of the old civil parish now inside the city boundary is also called Braunstone. This part of the parish, which contains a large council estate was detached in 1935 from the Blaby district and Braunstone Parish to become part of the county borough of Leicester, hence the present split. The use of the name Braunstone Town is more recent, and is an attempt by the parish council to distinguish their village from the modern council estate of the same name.

The parish also includes Thorpe Astley.