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Bradenham, Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°38′24″N 0°50′38″E / 52.640°N 0.844°E / 52.640; 0.844
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Bradenham
St Mary's Church, now redundant
Bradenham is located in Norfolk
Bradenham
Bradenham
Location within Norfolk
Area16.55 km2 (6.39 sq mi)
Population700 (2011)[1]
• Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF 9208
Civil parish
  • Bradenham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townThetford
Postcode districtIP25
Dialling code01362/01760
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
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52°38′24″N 0°50′38″E / 52.640°N 0.844°E / 52.640; 0.844

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]

Geography

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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

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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

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  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.
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