Brandon Parva is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne, in the English county of Norfolk.
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  Brandon Parva Location within Norfolk | |
| OS grid reference | TG073078 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Norwich |
| Postcode district | NR9 |
| Dialling code | 01362 |
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Brandon Parva is located 6.4 miles (10.3 km) south-east of Dereham and 9.5 miles (15.3 km) west of Norwich.
History
editBrandon Parva's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Roman origin and derives from the Old English for a settlement with a thorny bush on top of a hill and the Latin for a small settlement.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Brandon Parva is recorded as a settlement of 5 households in the hundred of Forehoe. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of Alan of Brittany.[2]
Within the village is the Seventeenth Century red-brick Manor Farmhouse, which has been Grade II listed since 1951.[3] Nearby, are a pair of stone gateposts which date from the same period.[4]
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Runhall.[5]
Population
editIn March 2011, the population consisted of approximately 30 people. In 1931 the parish had a population of 111.[6]
All Saint's Church
editBrandon Parva's parish church dates from the Fifteenth Century and is built in the perpendicular gothic style. The church was significantly restored in the Nineteenth Century with stained-glass installed by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.[7] All Saints' has been Grade II listed since 1983.[8]
Brandon Parva Treehouse
editIn 2005, four students from the University of East Anglia began erecting a carbon-neutral treehouse in the woods outside of the village. After two years of building, the structure was finally demolished by South Norfolk Council in 2009.[9]
Governance
editBrandiston is part of the electoral ward of Wicklewood for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is Mid Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative Party's George Freeman since 2010.
War memorial
editBrandon Parva's war memorial takes the form of two marble plaques, located within All Saints' Church. It lists the following names for the First World War:[10]
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Other Commemoration / Burial |
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| LCpl. | Cecil H. Norton | 14th (Royal Montreal) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 29 Apr. 1915 | Menin Gate |
| Pte. | Harry Purling | 1/4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment | 17 May 1918 | All Saints' Churchyard, Brandon Parva |
| Pte. | George R. Allen | 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers | 25 Oct. 1916 | Regina Trench Cemetery,Grandcourt |
| Pte. | George Dixon-Sutton | 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers | 2 Sep. 1918 | Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery |
| Pte. | Russel Pitchers | 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment | 12 Oct. 1916 | Wandsworth Cemetery, Earlsfield |
| Pte. | William Dixon-Sutton | 7th Battalion, Norfolk Rgt. | 9 Aug. 1918 | Communal Cemetery, Niederzwehren |
| Pte. | William Pitchers | 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment | 24 Aug. 1915 | Chatby War Cemetery,Alexandria |
And, the following for the Second World War:[11]
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Other Commemoration / Burial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | Sidney D. Thurston | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 6 Jul. 1942 | Cemetery, Minden |
References
edit- ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Brandon [Parva] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "MANOR FARMHOUSE, Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne - 1152137 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "GATE PIERS TO MANOR FARMHOUSE, Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne - 1050720 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Brandon Parva AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "Population statistics Brandon Parva AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne - 1373067 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ BBC News. (2009). Retrieved November 9, 2022. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8249478.stm
- ^ "War Memorial All Saints Church - Brandon Parva - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Geograph:: Brandon Parva Second World War Memorial © Adrian S Pye". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.