Brampton, Norfolk

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Brampton
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St. Peter's Church, Brampton
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Brampton
Location within Norfolk
Area4.77 km2 (1.84 sq mi)
Population199 (2021)
•  Density 42/km2 (110/sq mi)
OS grid reference TG213231
Civil parish
  • Brampton
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR10
Dialling code 07824
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52°46′N1°17′E / 52.76°N 1.28°E / 52.76; 1.28

Brampton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Brampton is located 2.4 miles (3.9 km) south-east of Aylsham and 10 miles (16 km) north of Norwich.

History

Brampton was the subject of an archeological excavation in the 1960s which revealed the existence of a Roman bath house and almost 140 pottery kilns. [1]

Brampton's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a farmstead or village close to a thicket of broom. [2]

In the Domesday Book, Brampton is recorded as a settlement of 30 households in the hundred of South Erpingham. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of William de Warenne and Ralph de Beaufour. [3]

During the Sixteenth Century, Oxnead Hall was built within the parish on Medieval foundations by Clement Paston. [4] It is possible that King Charles II was entertained in the hall by Robert Paston, Earl Yarmouth. [5]

Brampton is home to a Seventeenth Century red-brick farmhouse called Brampton Hall. [6]

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Brampton has a population of 199 people which shows a slight increase from the 191 people recorded in the 2011 census. [7]

Brampton is located in the Bure Valley, and the River Bure marks the northern border of the parish.

Brampton Station is an intermediate halt on the Bure Valley Railway.

St. Peter's Church

Brampton's parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. The church dates back to the Twelfth Century and has been Grade II listed since 1961. [8] The church tower had further additions made in the Fifteenth Century and there was a significant restoration effort in the Nineteenth Century. There are notable Medieval bronze figures which show several members of the Brampton family. [9]

Governance

Brampton is part of the electoral ward of Buxton for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.

The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.

War Memorial

Brampton's war memorial is located in St. Peter's Churchyard and takes the form of a granite cross. [10] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War: [11]

RankNameUnitDate of DeathOther Commemoration / Burial
Dvr.Allan C. Self Royal Field Artillery att. 18th Infantry Brigade 21 Oct. 1918 Gaza War Cemetery
Pte.Herbert C. Bircham2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment 2 Mar. 1917 Thiepval Memorial
Pte.Richard M. Patrick1st Battalion, Essex Regiment 23 May 1917Norwich Cemetery, Norwich
Pte.John F. Vincent101st Company, Labour Corps 20 May 1918 Mont-Huon Military Cemetery
Pte.Albert V. Spinks11th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 4 Oct. 1917British Cemetery, Duisans
Pte.William Bircham1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment 12 Aug. 1915 Helles Memorial
Pte.Percy W. Watts1/5th Bn., Norfolk Rgt.21 Oct. 1917 Haydarpaşa Cemetery
Pte.Leslie E. Watts7th Battalion, Norfolk Rgt.15 Feb. 1916Communal Cemetery, Lillers
Pte.Reginald J. R. Abel9th Battalion, Norfolk Rgt.18 Oct. 1916 Bancourt British Cemetery
Pte.John H. Bircham9th Bn., Norfolk Rgt.26 Sep. 1915 Loos Memorial

And the following for Second World War:

RankNameUnitDate of DeathOther Commemoration / Burial
Dvr.Geoffrey A. Martins Royal Army Service Corps 26 Jan. 1944St. Peter's Churchyard, Brampton

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References

  1. ↑ "Parish-Summary-Brampton-(Parish-Summary) - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Brampton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "mnf3552 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Parish-Summary-Brampton-(Parish-Summary) - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "BRAMPTON HALL, Brampton - 1050958 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Brampton (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "CHURCH OF ST PETER, Brampton - 1372950 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Brampton War Memorial, Brampton - 1442120 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Brampton". www.roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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