Brampton, Norfolk

Brampton
Brampton
	Brampton St Peter
	Brampton Location within Norfolk
Area	4.78 km2 (1.85 sq mi)
Population	162 (2001 census); 191 (2011)
• Density	34/km2 (88/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG213231
Civil parish	Brampton;
District	Broadland;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR10
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°46′N 1°17′E / 52.76°N 1.28°E

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

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:

Private Herbert C. Bircham (d.1917), 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Private Richard M. Patrick (1897–1917), 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
Private John F. Vincent (1882–1918), 101st Company, Labour Corps
Private Albert V. Spinks (1898–1917), 11th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Private William Bircham (d.1915), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Percy W. Watts (d.1917), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Leslie E. Watts (1895–1916), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Reginald J. R. Abel (1897–1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private John H. Bircham (1883–1915), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Driver Allan C. Self (1889–1918), 18th Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery

And, the following for the Second World War:

Driver Geoffrey A. Martins (1920–1944), Royal Army Service Corps^[6]

Notes

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

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[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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