Broome, Norfolk
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Broome is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the north bank of the River Waveney, which forms the border with Suffolk, some 2 km north of the town of Bungay and 20 km south-east of the city of Norwich.[1]
History
Broome's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a thorny bush or shrub.[2]
In the Domesday Book, Brooke is described of consisting of 41 households, belonging to Bury St Edmunds Abbey.[3]
Geography
In the 2001 Census, Broome had a population of 475 people in 190 households,[4] reducing to 458 at the 2011 census.[5] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.[6]
St. Michael's Church
Broome's Parish Church is dedicated to Saint Michael and is of Norman origin.[7]
Places of interest
Broome has one public house, called 'The Artichoke.'[8]
The nearby Broome Pits are a series of four former gravel pits which now form fishing lakes in which Carp, Northern pike, Tench and Bream can be caught.[9]
Notable residents
- Thomas Manning – English sinologist and traveller
- Joe Lewis- Aberdeen F.C. and England Under-21s goalkeeper
War memorial
Broome's war memorial is located in St. Michael's Churchyard and holds the following names for the First World War:
- Able-Seaman William Taylor (1887–1916), HMS Defence
- Lance-Corporal Thomas Clark (d.1917), 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
- Bombardier William Pulford (d.1915), 115th (Siege) Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
- Driver William E. Lawes (d.1917), 487th Company, Royal Army Service Corps
- Private Ernest E. Fish (1880–1918), 2nd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment
- Private E. Charles Walker (1876–1917), 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
- Private Charles C. Spalding (1892–1917), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private John P. Sparkes (1895–1917), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Herbert A. M. Youngs (1896–1917), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Wilfred M. Bale (1893–1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Philip T. Cole (1892–1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Frederick C. Walker (1895–1917), 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
- Private Frederick Harrod (1894–1917), 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
- Private Arthur Smith (1889–1916), 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
- Private John Howlett (d.1918), 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
- Private Charles G. P. Ellis (d.1917), 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
- Private William King (d.1918), 6th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
- Deckhand Archibald H. Barker (1892–1916), H.M. Drifter Kent County
And, the following for the Second World War:
- Flight-Sergeant Henry K. Bartlett (1920–1943), Royal Air Force[10]
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
- ^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 12, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Broome
- ^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 12, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TM2999/brooke/
- ^ "Broome parish information". 4 January 2006. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
- ^ Knott, S. (2005). Retrieved November 12, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/broome/broome.htm
- ^ CAMRA. (2022). Retrieved November 12, 2022. https://whatpub.com/pubs/NOR/80/artichoke-broome
- ^ Broome Pits. (2022). Retrieved November 12, 2022. http://broomepitsfishinglakes.co.uk/
- ^ Tilley, M and Edwards, M. (2005). Retrieved November 12, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Broome.html
External links
Media related to Broome, Norfolk at Wikimedia Commons
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