- Bromham, Wiltshire
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Coordinates: 51°23′10″N 2°03′14″W / 51.386°N 2.054°W
Bromham 
Bromham village lockup, with St. Nicholas' parish church in the background
Bromham
Bromham shown within WiltshirePopulation 1,807 (2001 census)[1] OS grid reference ST963652 Unitary authority Wiltshire Ceremonial county Wiltshire Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Chippenham Postcode district SN15 Dialling code 01380 Police Wiltshire Fire Wiltshire Ambulance Great Western EU Parliament South West England Website Bromham Village List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire Bromham is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Besides the main village of Bromham, the parish includes five other settlements: St Edith’s Marsh, Westbrook, Hawkstreet, Netherstreet and Chittoe. These are essentially sub-villages and hamlets all within 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of the main village centre, thus 'greater Bromham' is geographically very extensive. The village is 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Devizes and 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Melksham.
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Amenities
Bromham has a village shop, a family butcher’s shop and a post office.[2]
Education
St. Nicholas Church of England Primary School is in the village.[3] For secondary education Bromham is in the catchment area of The John Bentley School in Calne.
Events
Carnival
The Bromham Carnival is held each June for two weeks. It comprises village-wide events, opening with the choosing of the carnival Queen, Butterfly Princess, Princess and Prince. The events then continue including quizzes, bingo, treasure hunts and much more. On the final Saturday of the two weeks the carnival procession is held, commencing usually at 2pm from The Pound playing field and winding its way through the village to the Social Centre playing field where activities and shows take place throughout the afternoon. For the past few years, the carnival has been followed by the locally organised show: "Bromfest". Bands from the local area play from 5 through until 12 and mark the end of the carnival period.[2]
In July 2007 HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall made official visit to the village.
Local government
Bromham is a civil parish with an elected parish council and is in the area of Wiltshire Council. Both councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.
Location
Preserved milestone in St. Edith's Marsh
Position: grid reference ST963652
Recreational Facilities
Bromham has two playing fields: The Pound playing field and the Social Centre's Jubilee and Millennium Fields.
The Pound Playing field has the village tennis court, a grassed football pitch, a play park and a hardcourt basketball and five-a-side football area.
The Social Centre playing fields include Bromham FC's football pitch along and a smaller pitch that is used by the youth team. There is also a pavilion that is used as a changing facility for both home and away teams as well as the officials. Just by the car park of the Social Centre is another children’s play park which is overlooked by the Millennium Cross: a tall stone cross erected in 2000 and recording the village's Christian heritage.[2]
Places of worship
St. Nicholas parish churchBromham has two main places of Christian worship: the Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas in the centre of the village and the Chapel near the top of Church Hill.[2]
The Church of St Mary, Chittoe, was erected in 1845. Previously the hamlet had been a detached part of the parish of Bishops Cannings and villagers had to travel there for marriages and burials, using a trackway called "The Burying Road". For burials this requirement was relaxed at the end of the eighteenth century, but weddings were still conducted at Cannings until the new church was brought into use.[4] As of 2011, the church and vicarage at Chittoe have been converted to private residences.[5]
Sport
Football
Bromham Football Club was founded in 1897 by Harry Amor and Arthur Powney.[6]
Bowls
There is a bowls club that meet every week at the Social Centre to play indoor bowls on special mats that turn the dancefloor into a bowls green.[2]
Tennis
At the Pound Playing field there is a Tennis Court available to hire.[2]
Twinnings
Bromham is Twinned with:
- Avoca, Ireland (the location for the 1990s BBC series Ballykissangel)
- Ingrandes-sur-Loire, France
Sources
- Wiltshire County Council Website page on Bromham, retrieved 19:30 Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)
References
- ^ "Area selected: Kennet (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d8251a33137b414aacb8d5d1a9029f24bf?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790549. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Bromham Village
- ^ St Nicholas Church of England Primary School
- ^ "Church of St. Mary, Chittoe, Bromham". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getimage.php?id=2696. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ "Wiltshire Council". Church of St. Mary, Chittoe, Bromham. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=775. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ Bromham Football Club
External links
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