Brinton, Norfolk

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Coordinates: 52°52′49″N 1°01′40″E / 52.88035°N 1.02765°E

Brinton
St Andrew Parish Church Brinton, Norfolk
Brinton Brinton shown within Norfolk
Area	6.13 km² (2.37 sq mi)
Population	229 (parish, 2001 census)
- Density	37 /km² (96 /sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG030350
- London	125 miles (201 km)
Civil parish	Brinton
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MELTON CONSTABLE
Postcode district	NR24
Dialling code	01263
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk
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Brinton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.^[1] The village is 10.8 miles east north east of the town of Fakenham, 13.1 miles west south west of Cromer and 125 miles north north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

History

Brinton has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086^[2] under the name ‘’Bruntuna’’, and it is said to be in the ownership of Bishop William.

Description

The village is situated in a shallow valley and the dwellings site either side of quiet narrow lanes. In the village is Brinton Hall which was constructed in the Georgian era to replace an earlier 16th-century house. The house seen today was rebuilt 1822 by Brereton family. The interior has a fine wainscot staircase, installed in 1911.^[3] Award-winning work at Brinton Hall includes remodelling of west front and renovation of all interior rooms. In the Grounds there are formal gardens, the hall also has a walled kitchen garden with a hot greenhouse. The property is surrounded by parkland with ha-ha wall, lake, woods and meadows. The village and some of its houses were once used as a backdrop for the BBC television series Dangerfield.

The parish church

The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew and parts date back to the 14th century.^[4] The church register dates from 1547. The church tower dates from c.1400 and has one bell. There is a statue of Saint Andrew in a niche above the Transept which dates from the Medieval period. The statue only survives because it had been screened with plasterwork to hide it. It was rediscovered in 1871.

References

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↑ OS Explorer Map 24 - Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0-319-21726-4.
↑ The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde,Norfolk page 187 ISBN 1-85833-440-3
↑ Investigation of the history of Nelson's Staircase
↑ Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, By Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson, Brinton entry. ISBN 0-300-09607-0

v t e Civil parishes of North Norfolk

Alby with Thwaite Aldborough Antingham Ashmanhaugh Aylmerton Baconsthorpe Bacton Barsham Barton Turf Beeston Regis Binham Blakeney Bodham Briningham Brinton Briston Brumstead Burgh and Tuttington Catfield Cley next the Sea Colby Corpusty Cromer Dilham Dunton East Beckham East Ruston Edgefield Erpingham Fakenham Felbrigg Felmingham Field Dalling Fulmodeston Gimingham Great Snoring Gresham Guestwick Gunthorpe Hanworth Happisburgh Helhoughton Hempstead Hempton Hickling High Kelling Hindolveston Hindringham Holkham Holt Honing Horning Horsey Hoveton Ingham Ingworth Itteringham Kelling Kettlestone Knapton Langham Lessingham Letheringsett with Glandford Little Barningham Little Snoring Ludham Matlaske Melton Constable Morston Mundesley Neatishead Northrepps North Walsham Overstrand Paston Plumstead Potter Heigham Pudding Norton Raynham Roughton Runton Ryburgh Salthouse Scottow Sculthorpe Sea Palling Sheringham Sidestrand Skeyton Sloley Smallburgh Southrepps Stalham Stibbard Stiffkey Stody Suffield Sustead Sutton Swafield Swanton Abbott Swanton Novers Tatterford Tattersett Thornage Thorpe Market Thurning Thursford Trimingham Trunch Tunstead Upper Sheringham Walcott Walsingham Warham Wells-next-the-Sea West Beckham Westwick Weybourne Wickmere Wighton Witton Wiveton Wood Norton Worstead

See also South Norfolk Great Yarmouth Broadland North Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Breckland

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