Brampton, Norfolk

Brampton
Brampton
	; Brampton St Peter
	Brampton 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	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

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

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

Its parish church, St Peter, is one of 124 surviving round-tower churches in Norfolk. Its Norman tower has a 15th-century brick octagonal top.

Although now one of the smallest communities in Norfolk, Brampton has a rich history. In particular it was the site of a Roman manufacturing centre from where goods were exported by boat along the river Bure. During archeological excavations in the 1960s, evidence of a Roman bath house was found, along with more than 140 pottery kilns.[3]

The village sign reflects the Roman past: it depicts a double-headed fish copied from a Roman brooch found here some years ago. The brooch is now displayed in the Norwich museum. The village sign is inscribed with the name Bramtuna to reflect this Roman history.

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". Britannia. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. 8: 209–221. ISSN 0068-113X. JSTOR 525894.

External links

Website with photos of Brampton St Peter

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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". Britannia. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. 8: 209–221. ISSN 0068-113X. JSTOR 525894.