Английская Википедия:Barnham Broom
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Barnham Broom is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated on the River Yare, 9 miles (15 km) West of Norwich.Шаблон:Ref and 4 miles (6 km) North-West of Wymondham.
The villages name means 'Beorn's homestead/village' or perhaps, 'warrior's homestead/village'. The 'Broom' part was added in 1838.
The civil parish has an area of 7.24 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 552 in 220 households, increasing to 590 at the 2011 Census [1] and 670 in the 2021 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.Шаблон:Ref
At the centre of the village, on the crossroads, lies Barnham Broom Post Office & Stores, providing local services to the community and visitors, and a hundred yards further along Bell Road can be found The Bell public house.[2]
The school, Barnham Broom CofE VA Primary School,[3] is an 1847 flint building.
The Parish Council is made up of 7 Councillors and meets on the third Thursday of every month except August and December.[4]
Шаблон:Convert NE of the village is Barnham Broom Hotel & Country Club, incorporating restaurant, two 18 hole golf courses, a leisure & fitness club and a hotel.
War Memorial
Barnham Broom's War Memorial is located inside St. Peter & St. Paul's Church alongside a Roll of Honour. It lists the following names for the First World War:
- Corporal Charles A. Davey (1895-1918), 4th Battalion, Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
- Lance-Corporal Ted Pegnall (d.1918), 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
- Gunner H. William Cullum (1895-1917), 154th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
- Private William R. Waters (1899-1917), 10th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
- Private Charles Bell (1885-1917), 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
- Private Harry Harvey (1887-1917), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Charles Bullard (1892-1918), 13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
- Private George H. Martin (1888-1917), 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
References
- Шаблон:Note Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Шаблон:Note Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
- http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Barnham%20Broom
External links
- Barnham Broom Parish Council
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Barnham Broom.
- Шаблон:OpenDomesday
- Barnham Broom Post Office & Stores
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