Brampton is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the English county of Suffolk, around north-east of

Halesworth Halesworth is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in north-eastern Suffolk, England. The population stood at 4,726 in the 2011 Census. It lies south-west of Lowestoft, on a tributary of the River Blyth, upstream from Southwold. T ...

, south of

Beccles Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 and A12 roads, north-east of London as the crow fl ...

and north-west of

Southwold Southwold is a seaside town and civil parish on the English North Sea coast in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk. It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is ...

. In 1961 the parish had a population of 306. In 1987 the parish was merged with Stoven to form Brampton with Stoven parish and the mid-2005 population estimate for the expanded parish was 460. Stoven is immediately to the east of Brampton,

Uggeshall Uggeshall is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, located approximately 6 miles (10 km) south of Beccles and 4 miles (6km) north east of Halesworth close to the A145. The mid-2005 popu ...

to the south-east and Shadingfield to the north. The village is served by Brampton railway station, a request stop around west of the village, on the

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...

– Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. The A145 road divides the village and passes the village church which is Grade I listed and dedicated to St Peter. Areas of housing, including at Brampton Street, are clustered on either side of the road throughout the parish area. Brampton Primary School serves the village and the surrounding area. Brampton Hall is a listed country house built in 1794 of red brick for Rev Naunton Thomas Orgill Leman and the Leman family who had long associations in the area. The previous Brampton Hall burned down in 1733. A 16th century farmhouse was built on the same site, known as Brampton Old Hall. Both buildings are Grade II

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.Brampton Hall
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-06-26.

Notable residents

* Humphrey Primatt (1734 – c1776), clergyman and

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writer. *

Robert Leman Robert Orgill Leman (1799–1869) was an English painter of landscapes and a member of the Norwich School of painters. Life Robert Orgill Leman was born on 12 April 1799 as Robert Orgill, the son of Naunton Thomas Orgill and his wife Henriett ...

(1799–1869), painter of landscapes and a member of the

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. * Edward Robinson (1839 – 1913), Member of the

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for North Province from 1894 to 1896. * Thomas Curteis (1843 – 1914), first-class cricketer and clergyman.

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Villages in Suffolk Former civil parishes in Suffolk Waveney District {{Suffolk-geo-stub