Broome, Norfolk

Broome
St. Michael's Church
Broome is located in Norfolk
Broome
Broome
Location within Norfolk
Area5.91 km2 (2.28 sq mi)
Population486 (2021)
• Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM 349 913
Civil parish
  • Broome
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBUNGAY
Postcode districtNR35
Dialling code01986
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
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52°28′09″N 1°27′25″E / 52.46906°N 1.45694°E / 52.46906; 1.45694

Broome is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Broome is located 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north-east of Bungay in Suffolk and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Norwich.

History

Broome's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a bush of broom.[1]

In the Domesday Book, Broome is recorded as a settlement of 41 households in the hundred of Henstead. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of St. Edmund's Abbey.[2]

'The Wilderness', a Seventeenth Century house, is located within Broome.[3]

Broome's local pub, The Artichoke, closed in January 2024.[4]

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Broome has a population of 486 people which shows a slight increase from the 458 people recorded in the 2011 census.[5]

The A143, between Gorleston-on-Sea and Haverhill bisects the parish whilst the River Waveney marks the southern border of the parish.

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.[6]

St. Michael's Church

Broome's parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael and dates from the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. St. Michael's is located well outside of the village close to 'Rectory Road' and has been Grade I listed since 1960.[7] The church was significantly remodelled in the Nineteenth Century and boasts a font from this period.[8]

Notable Residents

Governance

Broome is part of the electoral ward of Ditchingham & Earsham for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is Waveney Valley which has been represented by the Green Party's Adrian Ramsay since 2024.

War Memorial

Broome's war memorial is located in St. Michael's Churchyard and is a weathered stone block listing the following names for the First World War:[9]

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Other Commemoration / Burial
AS William Taylor HMS Defence 19 Aug. 1915 Plymouth Naval Memorial
Bdr. William Pulford 115th (Siege) Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery 21 Mar. 1915 Pozières Memorial
LCpl. Thomas Clarke 1st Bn., Suffolk Regiment 25 Feb. 1917 Struma Cemetery, Kalokastro
Dvr. William E. Lawes 487th (Heavy Transport) Company, Army Service Corps 2 Jun. 1917 St. Michael's Churchyard, Broome
Pte. E. Charles Walker 17th Bn., Duke of Cambridge's Own Regiment 28 Apr. 1917 Arras Memorial
Pte. Ernest E. Fish 2nd (City of London) Bn., London Regiment 18 Aug. 1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial
Pte. Charles C. Spalding 1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 2 Nov. 1917 Gaza War Cemetery
Pte. John P. Sparkes 8th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 22 Oct. 1917 Tyne Cot
Pte. Herbert A. Youngs 8th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 11 Aug. 1917 Menin Gate
Pte. Wilfred M. Bale 9th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 15 Sep. 1916 Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont
Pte. Philip T. Cole 9th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 30 Jul. 1916 White House Cemetery, Ypres
Pte. William King 6th Bn., Queen's Own Regiment 23 Oct. 1918 Cabaret-Rouge Cemetery, Souchez
Pte. Frederick C. Walker 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment 26 Apr. 1917 Faubourg Cemetery, Amiens
Pte. Frederick Harrod 5th Bn., Suffolk Rgt. 5 Dec. 1917 Jerusalem Memorial
Pte. Arthur Smith 11th Bn., Suffolk Rgt. 6 Sep. 1916 Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck
Pte. John Howlett 12th Bn., Suffolk Rgt. 25 Mar. 1918 Arras Memorial
Pte. Charles G. P. Ellis 9th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment 22 Jun. 1917 Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
Dhd. Archibald H. Baker H.M. Drifter Kent County 8 Dec. 1916 Chatham Naval Memorial

And, the following for the Second World War:

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Other Commemoration / Burial
FSgt. Henry K. Bartlett Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 8 Sep. 1943 Runnymede Memorial

References

  1. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Brooke | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ^ "THE WILDERNESS, Broome - 1304532 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Country pub slashes pint prices after announcing imminent closure". Eastern Daily Press. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Broome (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  6. ^ "home - broomepits". www.broomepitsfishinglakes.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  7. ^ "CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, Broome - 1373130 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Broome". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Broome". www.roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

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