- Bradenham, Norfolk
Bradenham is a
village andcivil parish in the Englishcounty ofNorfolk . It is situated some convert|5|mi|km south-west of the town ofEast Dereham and convert|19|mi|km west of the city ofNorwich .Ordnance Survey (1999). "OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich". ISBN 0-319-21868-6.] The civil parish has an area of 16.55 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 722 in 301 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). " [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] ". RetrievedDecember 2 ,2005 .]The
River Wissey rises in Bradenham and flows to the west whilst theRiver Yare rises to the east of Bradenham and flows to the east.Bradenham is the birthplace of
writer SirHenry Rider Haggard ; his father lived for some time at Bradenham Hall.References
External links
*oscoor|TF925085_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources for Bradenham.
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/b/bradenham/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Bradenham.
* [http://www.bradenhamhall.co.uk/index.html Bradenham Hall Garden and Arboretum] for Bradenham Hall.
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