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Bromham village lockup, with St. Nicholas' parish church in the background |
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Bromham
Bromham shown within Wiltshire |
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| Population | 1,807 (2001 census)[1] |
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| 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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Bromham has a village shop, a family butcher’s shop and a post office.[2]
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.
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 an official visit to the village.
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.
Position: grid reference ST963652
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]
Bromham 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]
Bromham Football Club was founded in 1897 by Harry Amor and Arthur Powney.[6]
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]
At the Pound Playing field there is a Tennis Court available to hire.[2]
Bromham is Twinned with:
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