Brantham
Coordinates: 51°58′08″N 1°03′47″E / 51.969°N 1.063°E
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 Brantham
Brantham shown within Suffolk |
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| Population | 2,650 [1] (2005) |
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| OS grid reference | TM105345 |
| District | Babergh |
| Shire county | Suffolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Manningtree |
| Postcode district | CO11 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Suffolk | |
Brantham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom. Located in Babergh district, it is situated 2 miles (3 km) north of Manningtree and 9 miles (14 km) south west of Ipswich. brant is Anglo-Saxon for 'hill' and ham means 'village'—hence, 'village on the hill'.
Until 1887 the local economy was almost entirely agricultural. This changed in 1887 when British Xylonite Ltd. purchased the 130-acre (0.53 km2) Brooklands Farm and built their factory, which was later renamed BX Plastics.[2]. 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.
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[edit] Recreation
Brantham Leisure Centre is a community-interest company providing venues for football, bowls, netball, cricket and tennis, plus bar and function facilities.[3]
The village's football club, Brantham Athletic, competes in the Premier Division of the Eastern Counties League.
Residents participate in a variety of recurring charitable events, including an annual Guy Fawkes Night fireworks event.
[edit] Notable former resident
The Tudor didactic poet Thomas Tusser settled at Katwade (now Cattiwade) and is believed to have written his most famous work "A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie" at Braham Hall.
[edit] Transport
Brantham is about half a mile from Manningtree station. A long railway cutting runs past the village. At one point near Brantham Bull it is the deepest railway cutting in Suffolk. There was once a siding to Marsh Farm, where fresh fruit and vegetables were loaded for London, and a siding going into the old BX Plastics factory (now derelict) for loading and unloading materials. Both were disused by the end of the 1930s.
[edit] References
- ^ Estimates of total population of areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
- ^ Aftalion, Fred (2001). A history of the international chemical industry By. Chemical Heritage Foundatio. pp. 70. ISBN 9780941901291. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zTP1MFJw8CsC&pg=PA70&dq=%22BX%20Plastics%22#v=onepage&q=%22BX%20Plastics%22&f=false.
- ^ Welcome to Brantham Leisure Centre Official site
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