# Brampton, Norfolk

Brampton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
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.
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.
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.
During the Sixteenth Century, Oxnead Hall was built within the parish on Medieval foundations by Clement Paston. It is possible that King Charles II was entertained in the hall by Robert Paston, Earl Yarmouth.
Brampton is home to a Seventeenth Century red-brick farmhouse called Brampton Hall.

## 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.
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. 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.

## 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. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Other Commemoration / Burial |
| Dvr. | Allan C. Self | Royal Field Artillery att. 18th Infantry Brigade | 21 Oct. 1918 | Gaza War Cemetery |
| Pte. | Herbert C. Bircham | 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment | 2 Mar. 1917 | Thiepval Memorial |
| Pte. | Richard M. Patrick | 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment | 23 May 1917 | Norwich Cemetery, Norwich |
| Pte. | John F. Vincent | 101st Company, Labour Corps | 20 May 1918 | Mont-Huon Military Cemetery |
| Pte. | Albert V. Spinks | 11th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment | 4 Oct. 1917 | British Cemetery, Duisans |
| Pte. | William Bircham | 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment | 12 Aug. 1915 | Helles Memorial |
| Pte. | Percy W. Watts | 1/5th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. | 21 Oct. 1917 | Haydarpaşa Cemetery |
| Pte. | Leslie E. Watts | 7th Battalion, Norfolk Rgt. | 15 Feb. 1916 | Communal Cemetery, Lillers |
| Pte. | Reginald J. R. Abel | 9th Battalion, Norfolk Rgt. | 18 Oct. 1916 | Bancourt British Cemetery |
| Pte. | John H. Bircham | 9th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. | 26 Sep. 1915 | Loos Memorial |
And the following for Second World War:
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Other Commemoration / Burial |
| Dvr. | Geoffrey A. Martins | Royal Army Service Corps | 26 Jan. 1944 | St. Peter's Churchyard, Brampton |