Brantham
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Brantham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom. Located in Babergh district, it is situated 2 miles north of Manningtree and 9 miles south west of Ipswich. In 2005 its population was 2,650.[1]
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.
Its medieval parish church of St. Michael and All Angels underwent extensive repairs in 2004 following extensive fund raising efforts and a £23,000 grant from the UK National Lottery.
The village previously had a railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line, but it was closed as part of the Beeching Axe.
The village's football club, Brantham Athletic, have previously played in the Eastern Counties League.
[edit] References
- ^ Estimates of total population of areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
Brantham never ever had a railway station. It had a siding at Marsh farm to load farm goods and a siding in the factory but never a public station. the nearest was manningtree in Essex a mile south and Bentley about 2 miles north.
[edit] External links
- Brantham Vision of Britain
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