Norfolk: Bramerton

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Bramerton is about 4 miles S.E. of Norwich.

Cemeteries

Cemetery of the Church of St Peter: Names on gravestones.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter: Description, history and pictures.
Eleven Churches, a Guide to the Bramerton Group, Norfolk.: See Hellington
Filby, Vivian: Through the lynchgate: St Peter's Church, Bramerton.
[Norwich, HM Prison, 1990s]
Loyd-Claxton, Joyce: St Peter's Church, Bramerton.
[Bramerton, The Church, 1990s]
Bramerton Christadelphians: History, events, pictures, etc.

Church Records

Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Memorials: In the Church of St Peter.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Bramerton was in Henstead Registration District.

Description and Travel

Pictures of old Bramerton: From the Frith Collection.
Bramerton Post Mill: Short description.
Bramerton Tower Mill: Description and history.
Banger, Joan: Bramerton: Collection of letters, photographs, private research, newspaper cuttings, etc.
[Loose papers in Norwich Local Studies Library, 2000]
Banger, Joan: Bramerton.
[Bramerton, The Bramerton Society, 1991]

Gazetteers and Directories

Bramerton is in Henstead hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims (18): Bramerton.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Annual (consolidated) Act of Inclosure, 1849.
[1849]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Henstead Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Bramerton became part of the Henstead Union, and the workhouse was at Swainsthorpe.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801 19 23 138

1811 20 23 138

1821 23 35 184

1831 24 40 202

1841 44 -- 229

1851 44 -- 227

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 60 -- 300

1871 58 58 285

1881 54 59 249

1891 59 61 253

1901 53 53 245

1911 -- 53 212

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

1861 Census: "The increase of population in Bramerton parish is attributed to the migration of several families from Norwich."

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