Brampton, Suffolk
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Brampton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brampton with Stoven, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is around Script error: No such module "convert". north-east of Halesworth, Script error: No such module "convert". south of Beccles and Script error: No such module "convert". north-west of Southwold. In 1961 the parish had a population of 306.[1] On 1 April 1987, the parish was merged with Stoven to form "Brampton with Stoven" parish[2] and the mid-2005 population estimate for the expanded parish was 460.[3]
Stoven is immediately to the east of Brampton, Uggeshall to the south-east and Shadingfield to the north. The village is served by Brampton railway station, a request stop around Script error: No such module "convert". west of the village, on the Ipswich–Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. The A145 road divides the village and passes the village church which is Grade I listed and dedicated to St Peter.[4] Areas of housing, including at Brampton Street, are clustered on either side of the road throughout the parish area. Brampton Primary School serves the village and the surrounding area.[5]
Brampton Hall is a listed country house built in 1794 of red brick for Rev Naunton Thomas Orgill Leman and the Leman family who had long associations in the area.[6] The previous Brampton Hall burned down in 1733.[7] A 16th century farmhouse was built on the same site, known as Brampton Old Hall. Both buildings are Grade II listed.[8][9]
Notable residents
- Humphrey Primatt (1734 – c1776), clergyman and animal rights writer.
- Robert Leman (1799–1869), painter of landscapes and a member of the Norwich School of painters.
- Edward Robinson (1839 – 1913), Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for North Province from 1894 to 1896.
- Thomas Curteis (1843 – 1914), first-class cricketer and clergyman.
References
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- ↑ Population Statistics Brampton CP/AP through time, A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ↑ The Waveney (Parishes) Order 1987 Template:Webarchive, Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ↑ Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk, Suffolk County Council, 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2009-04-19. (Archived, 2008-12-19.)
- ↑ A Church Near You. Retrieved 2009-04-19
- ↑ Suffolk County Council Brampton CEVCP School profile. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ↑ Burke B (1853) A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain Vol 2, pp.233–234. (Available online. Retrieved 2011-06-26.)
- ↑ Brampton Old Hall, Pastscape, English Heritage. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
- ↑ Brampton Old Hall, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-06-26
- ↑ Brampton Hall, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
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