Bramfield, Suffolk
| Bramfield | |
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 St Andrew's Church, Bramfield |
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 Bramfield
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| Bramfield shown within Suffolk | |
| Population | 487 (2011) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Halesworth |
| Postcode district | IP19 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Bramfield is a village and civil parish in the east of the English county of Suffolk. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) south of the market town of Halesworth on the A144 road between Halesworth and the A12 road, one of the main arterial routes through the county. The village is 24 miles (39 km) north-east of the county town of Ipswich and 15 miles (24 km) south-west of the port of Lowestoft. The East Suffolk railway line between Lowestoft and Ipswich passes close to the west of the village with Halesworth railway station being the nearest station.
The village grew up as a cross-roads location near the source of a tributary of the River Blyth. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Bufelda, a large village of 42 households held by Count Alan of Brittany. In the medieval period a main route between the post of Dunwich and Bury St Edmunds crossed the modern day A144 road in the centre of the village. The village retains its basic cross plan, having developed around the cross-roads.
Some Bronze Age and Iron Age archaeological sites have been identified close to the village and a number of medieval sites have been identified, including a scheduled ringwork 83 metres (272 ft) in diameter known as Castle Yard south-east of the village. A market was held in the village until the 16th century. The economy has always been based around agriculture, including the linen industry which developed in the Waveney valley area to the north. Malting and milling were important economically from the 18th century. The village had two windmills, with post mills, which demolished in 1904 and 1944.
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