Brandeston
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 Church of All Saints, Brandeston |
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| Brandeston shown within Suffolk | |
| Population | 296 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TM2460 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WOODBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | IP13 |
| Dialling code | 01728 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
"Brandeston is a village in Suffolk, England on the River Deben 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Ipswich. Brandeston is west of Kettleburgh and northwest of Hoo Green. It is a Parish in Plomesgate district and 3½ miles SW of Framlingham r. station."
"19th century Brandeston Hall stands beside the church; for many centuries, its predecessor on the site was home to the Revett family, but it is now a public school."
There is a pub called the Queen's Head at the centre of the village.
An overall average of house prices stood at £376,286 on 6 March 2017 from data produced by the Land Registry, more expensive than the nearby Kettleburgh, Earl Soham and Framsden.
Brandeston was a small lordship, or beruite, belonging to King Herold's great lordship of Cawston, in South Erpingham hundred, and at the conquest was possessed by King William I. Brandeston Hall the largest building in the village, is now the preparatory department of nearby Framlingham College. It was largely destroyed in a fire in 1847 and rebuilt as an exact replica by its then owner Charles Austin QC, who married Harriet Jane Ingilby of Ripley Castle and died at the hall.
Sutton Hoo, a few miles away from Brandeston, is the ceremonial burial place of the first English kings, who led their people through the misty marshlands of what is now the River Deben and established their first settlements on its banks.
The number of households from the period 1831 to 1961 fluctuates with little pattern. The data has no huge anomalies except for one but yet no clear relationship. For example, the one large anomaly in the data is the period from 1831-1851. In 1831 there were 64 occupied households yet in 1841 there were 108 before declining again to 66 households occupied in 1851.
The 20th century map of Brandeston from Vision of Britain shows Brandeston and the surrounding villages, including Cretingham, Hoo and Kettleburgh.
The mediaeval parish church (the Church of All Saints) is a Gothic building, with square tower. There is an Independent chapel, built in 1838, capable of accommodating 400 persons.
In 1602, the Chancel was described as ruinous and from 1861-1863 restoration of the Church began.
The parish retains a parish church that bears the memory of its 17th Century Vicar who, after 50 years of service, was tried and wrongly hanged for witchcraft. His figure can be seen on the village sign, hanging from the gallows.
According to the 2011 Census, there were 144 males and 152 females living in Brandeston. The median age of residents in Brandeston is 48 and 49.3% of all usual residents are in the age range of 45-74, according to the Office of National Statistics.
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