Brampton, Norfolk

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Brampton
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Brampton St Peter
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Brampton
Location within Norfolk
Area4.78 km2 (1.85 sq mi)
Population162 (2001 census [1] )
191 (2011) [2]
  Density 34/km2 (88/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
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
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UK
England
Norfolk
52°46′N1°17′E / 52.76°N 1.28°E / 52.76; 1.28

Brampton is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, in the Bure Valley, east of Aylsham.

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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. [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]

Transport

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

War memorial

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:

Notes

  1. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. Knowles, A.K. (1977). 'The Roman Settlement at Brampton, Norfolk: Interim Report.' In Britannia, Vol.8, pp.209-221.
  4. University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 7, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Brampton
  5. Knott, S. (2019). Retrieved November 7, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/brampton/brampton.htm
  6. Wilson, S. (2007). Retrieved November 7, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Brampton.html



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