Brampton | |
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Brampton St Peter | |
Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 4.78 km2 (1.85 sq mi) |
Population | 162 (2001 census [1] ) 191 (2011) [2] |
• Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TG213231 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NORWICH |
Postcode district | NR10 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
Brampton is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, in the Bure Valley, east of Aylsham.
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. [3]
Brampton derives from the Old English for a farmstead or village with abundant shrubs or bushes. [4]
In the Domesday Book, Brampton is recorded of consisting of 30 households owned by William of Warenne and Ralph of Beaufour.
Brampton's St. Peter's Church is one of the 124 surviving round tower churches in Norfolk with a Fifteenth Century octagonal tower addition. The church was significantly remodelled during the Victorian era. [5]
Brampton station is an intermediate halt on the Bure Valley Railway.
Brampton War Memorial is located in St. Peter's Churchyard and is a granite cross. It bears the following names for the First World War:
And, the following for the Second World War:
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