Barnham Broom is a village and

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in the

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. The village is situated on the

River Yare The River Yare is a river in the English county of Norfolk. In its lower reaches it is one of the principal navigable waterways of The Broads and connects with the rest of the network. The river rises south of Dereham to the west to the vil ...

, 9 miles (15 km) West of

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. and 4 miles (6 km) North-West of

Wymondham Wymondham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, south-west of Norwich off the A11 road to London. The River Tiffey runs through. The parish, one of Norfolk's largest, includes rural areas to ...

. 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. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the

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. At the centre of the village, on the crossroads, lie
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. The school, Barnham Broom CofE VA Primary School, 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.http://barnham-broompc.norfolkparishes.gov.uk 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 World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

: * Corporal Charles A. Davey (1895-1918), 4th Battalion, Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery * Lance-Corporal Ted Pegnall (d.1918), 6th Battalion,

Northamptonshire Regiment The Northamptonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1960. In 1960, it was amalgamated with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's O ...

* Gunner H. William Cullum (1895-1917), 154th Siege Battery,

Royal Garrison Artillery The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) ...

* 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 The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot. In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named ...

* Private Charles Bullard (1892-1918), 13th Battalion,

Northumberland Fusiliers The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Raised in 1674 as one of three 'English' units in the Dutch Anglo-Scots Brigade, it accompanied William III to England in the November 1688 Glorious Revolution ...

* Private George H. Martin (1888-1917), 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

References

* Ordnance Survey (1999). ''OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich''. . * 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 CouncilInformation from Genuki Norfolk
on Barnham Broom. *
Barnham Broom Post Office & Stores
Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk South Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub