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.[1]
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.[2]
Brampton is home to a Seventeenth Century red-brick farmhouse called Brampton Hall.[6]
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.[7]
Brampton is located in the Bure Valley, and the River Bure marks the northern border of the parish.
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.[8] 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.[9]
Brampton's war memorial is located in St. Peter's Churchyard and takes the form of a granite cross.[10] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:[11]
