Bradwell, Norfolk

Bradwell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is immediately to the west of, and largely indistinguishable from, the built-up urban area of the town of Great Yarmouth.

Bradwell
Church of St Nicholas, Bradwell
Bradwell is located in Norfolk
Bradwell
Bradwell
Location within Norfolk
Area9.74 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population10,528 (2011)
• Density1,081/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG504038
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGREAT YARMOUTH
Postcode districtNR31
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England

History

Bradwell's name derives from the Anglo-Saxon words for a broad stream.[1]

Bradwell's Church of St. Nicholas is one of the 185 surviving English Round-tower churches, built before the Norman Conquest.

Bradwell is not featured in the Domesday Book.[2]

Geography

The civil parish has an area of 9.74 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 10,318 in 4,347 households. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 10,528.[3]

Schools

Bradwell's' schools include: Hillside Primary School, Homefield Church of England Primary and Nursery School, Lynn Grove High, and Woodlands Primary and Nursery School.

Parish Council and Local Government

For the purposes of local government, the parish today falls within the district of Great Yarmouth. However prior to the Local Government Act 1972, the parish was within Lothingland Rural District in Suffolk.

Bradwell Parish Council has responsibility for a number of amenities within the village, and will make representations to the Borough Council, County Council, Police and others to secure improvements to services within the village. Its ‘base’ is the Leo Coles Pavilion, located on the Green Lane Playing Field site – its meetings take place there, and the clerk's office is situated there. The council publishes a twice-yearly newspaper, ‘the Bradwellian’, which is delivered to every household in Bradwell by a team of volunteers.[4]

War Memorial

Bradwell's War Memorial is an Obelisk located on Church Walk.[5] It bears the following names for the First World War and the Russian Civil War:

And, the following for the Second World War:

Notable Residents

Mervyn King- professional Darts player.

References
  1. University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 06, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Buckinghamshire/Bradwell
  2. Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 06, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/map/
  3. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. Bradwell Parish Council. (2022). Retrieved November 06, 2022. http://www.bradwellparishcouncil.gov.uk/
  5. Imperial War Museum. (2022). Retrieved November 07, 2022. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/81119
  6. Howlett, T. (2014). Retrieved November 07, 2022. http://www.bradwellparishcouncil.gov.uk/war-memorial/
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