Brantham
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  Map sources for Brantham at grid reference TM105345
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Brantham is a village in south east Suffolk situated 2 miles north of Manningtree and 9 miles south west of Ipswich.
Its mediaeval parish church of St. Michael and All Angels has undergone extensive repairs in 2004 following extensive fund raising efforts and a £23,000 grant from the UK National Lottery.
Until 1887 the local economy was almost entirely agricultural. This changed in 1887 when British Xylonite Ltd. purchased the 130-acre Brooklands Farm and built their factory. There was insufficient accommodation available locally for the workforce, so the company also built Brantham New Village consisting of about 60 new houses.
The population in the 2001 census was 2,606.
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