Brandiston

Brandiston
Brandiston St Nicholas
Brandiston Brandiston shown within Norfolk
Area	3.14 km² (1.21 sq mi)
Population	44 (2001 census^[1])
– density	14/km² (36/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG130218
Civil parish	Brandiston
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
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°45′04″N 1°09′25″E / 52.75114°N 1.15685°E / 52.75114; 1.15685

Brandiston is a small village and civil parish near the centre of the county of Norfolk, England, about two miles south-east of the small market town of Reepham, five miles south-west of the larger town of Aylsham and 10 miles north-west of the city of Norwich. For the purposes of local government, it falls within Broadland district. The hamlet of Guton lies within the parish.

The 2001 census recorded a population for Brandiston of just 44. The bulk of the parish is occupied by farmland, mainly arable.

Brandiston's Church of St Nicholas is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. It is redundant and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

The south-east quadrant of the parish was occupied by a Second World War airfield, RAF Swannington. Although the airfield closed after the war and returned to agricultural use, parts of the Brandiston-Swannington road and the road to the east of the church still run over remains of the concrete runways.

There is a small common in the west of the parish. Despite it being common land it is unofficially agreed by the villagers that it is the property and responsibility of the white house.

There are four almshouses, built in the 1850s and owned by the Brandiston Gurney Charity,^[2]^[3] established from a 16th-century bequest by William Gurney.^[4] Greenway Wood in Brandiston is named after Richard Greenway (1921-2009), a longserving trustee of the charity.

The remains of a stump cross are on the eastern boundary of the parish, on the Cawston-Norwich road.

References

↑ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
↑ William Gurney Charity
↑ Brandiston Gurney Almshouses
↑ Extract from William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883

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Civil parishes of Broadland

Acle Alderford Attlebridge Aylsham Beeston St Andrew Beighton Belaugh Blickling Blofield Booton Brampton Brandiston Brundall Burgh and Tuttington Buxton with Lammas Cantley Cawston Coltishall Crostwick Drayton Felthorpe Foulsham Freethorpe Frettenham Great and Little Plumstead Great Witchingham Guestwick Hainford Halvergate Haveringland Hellesdon Hemblington Hevingham Heydon Honingham Horsford Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith Horstead with Stanninghall Lingwood and Burlingham Little Witchingham Marsham Morton on the Hill Old Catton Oulton Postwick with Witton Rackheath Reedham Reepham Ringland Salhouse Salle South Walsham Spixworth Sprowston Stratton Strawless Strumpshaw Swannington Taverham Themelthorpe Thorpe St Andrew Upton with Fishley Weston Longville Woodbastwick Wood Dalling Wroxham

See also Breckland Great Yarmouth King's Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk South Norfolk

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