You are here: Explore your past > Bramerton
Bramerton, Norfolk
Bramerton maps
Historic maps of Bramerton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bramerton maps
Historic map of Bramerton
Illustrated Victorian map of Norfolk
Historic Map of any Bramerton postcode
Bramerton books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Bramerton and the local area. View all Bramerton books
Norfolk Broads Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Norfolk Coast Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Norfolk Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
1 Bramerton photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Bramerton
No memories of Bramerton have been shared yet - be the first!
Add your memory of Bramerton
or of a photo of Bramerton.
Norfolk memories
Peggy from the USA, who sent a memory of Brundall, is my cousin. Arthur Henry Brigham was my grandfather, and he was the Signalman at Brundall railway station. I knew Sydney (her father) very well, and also spent many happy days at Brooms boatyard. Get in touch Peggy - it's your long lost cousin calling!!!
Shared on 01 March 2009
Imagine my surprise while sitting here in U.S.A. looking at pictures of the village Brundall, the village that I was born in. I saw a picture of my dad, Sidney A. Brigham, launching a sail boat at Brooms Boat Yard. The year of the picture, number 11, is 1955. He had worked at Brooms since he was about 15 and worked... [more]
Shared on 20 September 2008
This gentleman is my grandfather Geoffrey John Hart. He owned and worked the business, Hearts Cruisers, with his two sons, Dick and Jack, and we spent many a happy hour there. In those days you could swim in the river as pollution was almost non-existent. Uncle Dick's many descendants are now mainly living in New Zealand but pay regular visits to... [more]
Shared on 10 May 2009
This boatyard belonged to my grandfather, Geoffrey John Hart (the gentleman standing at the back of the picture) and the young man in the front of the picture is Jack Ayton Hart, his son. The other son also worked there and his name was Dick. As children my mother, Yvonne, and my brother and myself all played here and learned to... [more]
Shared on 10 May 2009
Extracts From Bramerton & Norfolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Bramerton, inspired by Frith photos.
This small south Norfolk village runs along a single street. The high pitch of the roof on the house to the right suggests that it may originally have been of thatch. There is a riverside inn at Bramerton called the Wood's End: its recorded history stretches back well over 300 years.
This is an extract from Norfolk Living Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
On the road leading to the priory gateway, this fine 14th-century, jettied, timber-frame building may have been built for visitors to the abbey. The period petrol pumps have now gone.
This is an extract from Norwich Photographic Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
The spacious market-place was established by 1130, but the present timber-framed 'cross' building dates from 1617. It replaced the original after yet another Norfolk fire gutted the town centre.
This is an extract from Norwich Photographic Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
