Bramfield, Braintfield, or Brantfield, a village and a parish in Hertfordshire, near the river Beane, 3 1/2 miles NW of Hertford railway station. Post town, Hertford, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage of parish, 1609; population, 213. Bramfield House, formerly called Green Hall, is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans; gross value, £303. The church is a building of stuccoed brick in the Early English style. Thomas a Becket was rector, and a pond in the parish is still called after his name.
