Briningham

Not to be confused with Birmingham.

Briningham
St. Maurice's Church, Briningham
Briningham Location within Norfolk
Area	4.96 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Population	112 (2021)
•  Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG030340
•  London	124 miles (200 km)
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MELTON CONSTABLE
Postcode district	NR24
Dialling code	01263
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°52′06″N1°01′31″E / 52.86825°N 1.02538°E / 52.86825; 1.02538

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

The village is located 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south-west of Holt and 20 miles (32 km) north-west of Norwich.

History

Briningham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the village of Bryni's people. ^[1]

In the Domesday Book, Briningham is recorded as a settlement of 35 households in the hundred of Holt. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of Alan of Brittany and Bishop William of Thetford. ^[2]

There are numerous Grade II listed buildings in Briningham including No. 2 & No. 4 on Church Lane (c.1840) ^[3] , Home Farmhouse (Eighteenth Century) ^[4] , Garden Cottage (Seventeenth Century) ^[5] and Rose Cottage (Eighteenth Century). ^[6] White House and Mission Hall dates from 1809. ^[7] The Old White Horse operated as a pub in the Nineteenth Century but is now a residential building. ^[8]

The Bellevue Tower still stands in the village and is most likely the remains of a smock mill built in 1721 on the orders of Sir Jacob Astley. ^[9]

Briningham Hall still stands within the village and was built in 1838 in the Greek Revival style. ^[10]

There is also a telephone booth built in 1935, which is Grade II listed. ^[11]

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Briningham has a population of 112 people which shows a slight decrease from the 130 people recorded in the 2011 census. ^[12]

The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. There is an abandoned railway line which is considered as a footpath, it runs parallel with an old track "the lane" that leads up to Bellevue Tower. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

The B1110, between Holt and Dereham, runs through the village.

St. Maurice's Church

Briningham's parish church is dedicated to Saint Maurice and dates at its earliest to 1300. The church has been Grade I listed since 1959. ^[13] The church boasts stained glass depicting the ascension of Christ by William Wailes (installed 1862) and another depicting Saint Cecilia and Saint Agnes by Alfred L. Wilkinson. ^[14] Within St. Maurice's Churchyard there is a large monument made from stone dedicated to a family of local landowners, the Breretons. ^[15]

Governance

Briningham is part of the electoral ward of Stody for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.

Notable People

• Peter Whitbread – English actor and screenwriter who lived and died in Briningham.

War Memorial

Briningham War Memorial takes the form of two brass plaques inside St. Maurice's Church. It lists the following names for the First World War: ^[16]

Rank	Name	Unit	Date of Death	Other Commemoration / Burial
AS	Robert C. Winn	HMS Cressy	22 Sep. 1914	Chatham Naval Memorial
Pte.	Francis O. Turner	3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards	2 Feb. 1915	Le Touret Memorial
Pte.	George E. Wright	12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment	22 Jul. 1918	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Pte.	George E. Lincoln	7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment	20 Dec. 1916	Communal Cemetery, Habarcq
Pte.	John F. Woolway	7th Battalion, Queen's Own Regiment	26 Nov. 1918	St. Maurice's Churchyard, Briningham
Pte.	Thomas Oliver	9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment	1 Jul. 1916	Thiepval Memorial

And the following names for the Second World War:

Rank	Name	Unit	Date of Death	Other Commemoration / Burial
Capt.	C. S. Malcolm Brereton	5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment	10 Jan. 1942	Kranji War Cemetery
P/O	Wilfred W. Barrett	HMS Prince of Wales	10 Dec. 1941	Plymouth Naval Memorial
P/O	Alfred J. Majury	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	12 Jun. 1942	St. Matthew's Churchyard, Sutton Bridge
CSM	Noel E. Twiddy	6th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment	12 Sep. 1944	Kranji War Memorial
Gdsm.	Donald M. Majury	4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards	18 Oct. 1944	Mierlo War Cemetery

In addition, Frederick W. Jarvis, a native of Briningham, was killed during the Norwich Blitz, part of the Baedeker Blitz, when a Luftwaffe bomb hit his house on 41, Patterson Road on the 27 April 1942.

Gallery

• 
  "The Street"
• 
  Briningham Plantation Viewed across harvested cereal field beside the B1354
• 
  "The Street"
• 
  The bus now calls at the houses of people who have phoned the day before requesting to be collected
• 
  St Maurice Church
• 
  Houses on The Street

References

1. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
2. "Briningham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
3. "2,4, CHURCH LANE, Briningham - 1170579 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
4. "HOME FARMHOUSE, Briningham - 1049423 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
5. "GARDEN COTTAGE, Briningham - 1049427 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
6. "ROSE COTTAGE, Briningham - 1305961 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
7. "WHITE HOUSE, MISSION HALL COTTAGE AND MISSION HALL, Briningham - 1049426 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
8. "mnf19512 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
9. "mnf3242 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
10. "BRININGHAM HOUSE, Briningham - 1170582 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
11. "TELEPHONE KIOSK ABOUT 100 METRES WSW OF CHURCH OF ST MAURICE, Briningham - 1049382 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
12. "Briningham (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
13. "CHURCH OF ST MAURICE, Briningham - 1049422 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
14. "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
15. "MONUMENT TO BRERETON FAMILY IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST MAURICE, Briningham - 1373674 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
16. "Briningham WW2 War Memorial". www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

External links

Media related to Briningham at Wikimedia Commons