The village's name means 'Beorn's homestead/village' or, perhaps, 'warrior's homestead/village'. The 'Broom' part was added in 1838.
The civil parish has an area of 7.24 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 552 in 220 households, increasing to 590 at the 2011 Census [1] and 670 in the 2021 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.[2]
At the centre of the village, on the crossroads, lies Barnham Broom Post Office & Stores, providing local services to the community and visitors, and a hundred yards further along Bell Road can be found The Bell public house.[2]
The school, Barnham Broom CofE VA Primary School,[3] is an 1847 flint building.
The parish council is made up of seven councillors and meets on the third Thursday of every month except August and December.[4]
1-mile (1.6 km) north-east of the village is Barnham Broom Hotel & Country Club, incorporating restaurant, two 18-hole golf courses, a leisure and fitness club and a hotel.
War memorial
Barnham Broom's war memorial is located inside St. Peter & St. Paul's Church alongside a Roll of Honour. It lists the following names for the First World War:
Corporal Charles A. Davey (1895–1918), 4th Battalion, Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
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