Brandon Parva
Brandon Parva is located in Norfolk
Brandon Parva
Brandon Parva
Location within Norfolk
OS grid referenceTG073078
Civil parish
  • Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorwich
Postcode districtNR9

Brandon Parva is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is near East Dereham and Norwich.

History

Brandon Parva's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a small settlement with a thorny bush on top of a hill.[1]

In the Domesday Book, Brandon Parva is recorded as consisting of 5 households and belonging to Count Alan of Brittany.[2]

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Runhall.[3]

Geography

In March 2011, the population consisted of approximately 30 people. In 1931 the parish had a population of 111.[4]

Places of Interest

L.F. & H.F. Harrison, Agricultural Engineers and Contractors are based in Brandon Parva.[5]

Brandon Parva Treehouse

In 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.[6]

War Memorial

And, the following for the Second World War:

References

  1. University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 09, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Brandon%20Parva
  2. Domesday Day. (1086). Retrieved November 09, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG0708/brandon-parva/
  3. "Relationships and changes Brandon Parva AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. "Population statistics Brandon Parva AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. Yellow Pages. (2022). Retrieved November 09, 2022. https://www.yell.com/biz/l-f-and-h-f-harrison-norwich-2305406/
  6. BBC News. (2009). Retrieved November 09, 2022. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8249478.stm
  7. Traces of War. (2022). Retrieved November 09, 2022. https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/81371/War-Memorial-All-Saints-Church.htm
  8. Pye, A. (2015). Retrieved November 09, 2022. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4955913



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