Bradenham, Norfolk

Bradenham is a village and civil parish, a conglomeration of East and West Bradenham, in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of the town of Dereham and 19 miles (31 km) west of the city of Norwich.^[2]

Bradenham
St Mary's Church, now redundant
Bradenham Location within Norfolk
Area	16.55 km2 (6.39 sq mi)
Population	700 (2011)[1]
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF 9208
Civil parish	Bradenham
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Thetford
Postcode district	IP25
Dialling code	01362/01760
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Mid Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk 52.640°N 0.844°E / 52.640; 0.844

Geography

The civil parish has an area of 16.55 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 722 in 301 households,^[3] the population decreasing to 700 in 293 households at the 2011 Census.

For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the Breckland district.^[4][5]

The River Wissey rises in Bradenham and flows to the west whilst the River Yare rises to the east of Bradenham and flows to the east.

History

Bradenham derives from the Anglo-Saxon for a broad (meaning large) hamlet.^[6]

Bradenham is home to St. Mary's Church, a Grade I listed building dating back to the fourteenth century.

Bradenham Hall was home to the Haggard family for many years and the birthplace of the writer Sir Henry Rider Haggard.^[7]

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
2. Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 237 – Norwich. ISBN 0-319-21868-6.
3. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics and Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
4. Visit Breckland Archived 13 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. Office for National Statistics and Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
6. University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Buckinghamshire/Bradenham
7. Burke, B. (1925). (14th ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Henry Colborn, pp. 804-806.

External links

• Map sources for Bradenham, Norfolk
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on East Bradenham and West Bradenham.