Brandon Parva

Brandon Parva's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a small settlement with a thorny bush on top of a hill.[1]

In the Domesday Book, Brandon Parva is recorded as consisting of 5 households and belonging to Count Alan of Brittany.[2]

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Runhall.[3]

In March 2011, the population consisted of approximately 30 people. In 1931 the parish had a population of 111.[4]

L.F. & H.F. Harrison, Agricultural Engineers and Contractors are based in Brandon Parva.[5]

In 2005, four students from the University of East Anglia began erecting a carbon-neutral treehouse in the woods outside of the village. After two years of building, the structure was finally demolished by South Norfolk Council in 2009.[6]

• Lance-Corporal Cecil H. Norton (1882-1915), 14th Battalion, Royal Montreal Regiment, Canadian Army
• Private Harry Purling (1890-1918), 1/4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
• Private George R. Allen (1888-1916), 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
• Private George Dixon-Sutton (d.1918), 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
• Private Russel R. Pitchers (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
• Private William Dixon-Sutton (d.1918), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
• Private William Pitchers (d.1915), 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment[7]

And, the following for the Second World War:

• Leading-Aircraftman Sidney D. Thurston (1920-1942), Royal Air Force[8]