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Briston

Briston is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk.

Briston
Briston Village Sign
Briston is located in Norfolk
Briston
Briston
Location within Norfolk
Area11.96 km2 (4.62 sq mi)
Population2,548 (parish, 2021 census)
• Density213/km2 (550/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG060320
• London125 miles (201 km)
Civil parish
  • Briston CP
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMELTON CONSTABLE
Postcode districtNR24
Dialling code01263
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°51′12″N 1°03′34″E / 52.8534°N 1.05945°E / 52.8534; 1.05945

Briston is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-west of Holt and 19 miles (31 km) north-west of Norwich.

History

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Briston's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a settlement or farmstead near to a landslip.[1]

In the Domesday Book, Briston is recorded as consisting of 22 settlements. The principal landowners were William the Conqueror and William de Warenne who owned 60 acres (240,000 m2) of land from which had been previously the property of Toke, a Saxon Thegn who had been evicted after the defeat of the Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings. This land was farmed by three Free Men or Socman and a further 280 acres (1.1 km2) was farmed by fourteen bordars. There was a pannage or woodland for 20 pigs which was valued at 16 shillings.[2]

Listed buildings within Briston include Hall Farmhouse (Seventeenth Century)[3], Church House (c.1660s)[4], No. 22, Church Street (Nineteenth Century)[5], Home Farmhouse (c.1600)[6], Old Nursery Farmhouse (Seventeenth Century)[7] and Manor Farm House (1700).[8]

Within the village their is also a historic Congregationalist Chapel dating to 1775[9] as well as a Methodist Chapel from the late-Eighteenth Century.[10]

On the 17 August 1941, a Vickers Wellington of No. 12 Squadron RAF crashed close to the village killing three men out of a total crew of the six. The aircraft had left RAF Binbrook and, after a successful bombing raid over Cologne, was attempting a crash landing after suffering anti-aircraft fire.[11] The three casualties (PO Bernard M. J. Vincent, FSgt. Edward H. Nancarrow and FSgt. Colin G. C. Frost) are memorialised by a brass plaque in All Saints' Church.[12]

Geography

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According to the 2021 census, Briston has a population of 2,548 people which shows a slight increase from the 2,439 people recorded in the 2011 census.[13]

Briston is located on the B1354, between Thursford and Saxthorpe. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich but a steam line is also available from Holt to Sheringham. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

All Saints' Church

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Briston's parish church is located on Church Street and has been Grade I listed since 1959, the church is largely a product of the early Fourteenth Century.[14] All Saints' was a round-tower church until 1795 when the tower was either demolished or collapse and it was not replaced. The church boasts some Medieval brasses on its walls alongside a curious iron cello, reputedly made by the village's blacksmith in the Seventeenth Century.[15]

Village amenities

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Within the village there is a bakery, two butcher's shops, a fishmonger, a grocer's, a small plant nursery, an antique shop, a Post Office and a garage.

Astley Primary School is located in the village whilst secondary school students usually attend Reepham High School and College.

'The Pavilion' (a local community facility) hosts a Youth Club and monthly film shows. Furthermore, the village has a playing field with tennis courts, playing fields , a skate park, a bowling green and a playground for the children of the village.

There are two public houses in the village. On the outskirts of the village is the Three Horseshoes, a 16th-century gastropub with open log fire and oak beams that has undergone large scale refurbishment. In the centre of the village is the recently closed Green Man pub, which has now re-opened as the Explorers Bar.

Governance

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Briston is an electoral ward for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.

War memorial

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Briston's War Memorial takes the form of a stone cross, with an overlaid wreath, and is located in All Saints' Churchyard.[16] It lists the following names for the First World War:[17]

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Other Commemoration / Burial
Cpl. Herbert G. Whittred Machine Gun Corps 31 Jul. 1916 British Cemetery, La Neuville-lès-Bray
Cpl. Herbert J. Scott 12th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 19 Aug. 1918 Le Grand Hasard Cemetery, Morbecque
LCpl. Percy J. Smith MM 20th Coy., Machine Gun Corps 26 Oct. 1917 Tyne Cot
LCpl. Charles W. Partridge 1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment 5 May 1915 Perth Cemetery, Ypres
Dvr. Richard W. Harrison 409th Bty., Royal Horse Artillery 26 Sep. 1918 Gwalia Cemetery, Ypres
Pte. Martin Scott 8th Bn., East Surrey Regiment 12 Oct. 1917 Tyne Cot
Pte. William C. Sands 13th Bn., Essex Regiment 30 Nov. 1917 Cambrai Memorial
Pte. Charles C. Ives 4th Bn., Royal Fusiliers 21 Aug. 1918 Railway Cutting Cemetery, Courcelles-le-Comte
Pte. Percy L. Arnold Army Service Corps att. 479 Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery 18 Jun. 1918 Souvenir Cemetery, Longuenesse
Pte. James H. Barwick 57th Coy., Labour Corps 23 Jul. 1917 Feuchy Cemetery, Wancourt
Pte. Herbert Y. Ward 2nd Bn., Loyal Regiment 4 Nov. 1918 Terlincthun Cemetery, Wimille
Pte. Henry C. Grint 1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment 29 Mar. 1916 Faubourg Cemetery, Arras
Pte. Frederick C. Partridge 1st Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 4 Jun. 1916 Arras Memorial
Pte. Harry Fox 2nd Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 24 Sep. 1916 Basra War Cemetery
Pte. J. Walter Gascoigne 2nd Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 19 Sep. 1916 Kirkee War Cemetery
Pte. Arthur Rudd 1/4th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 19 Apr. 1917 Jerusalem Memorial
Pte. Hubert E. Attoe 1/5th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 21 Aug. 1915 Helles Memorial
Pte. Louis E. B. Buckley 1/5th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 22 Nov. 1915 Memorial Cemetery, Shatby
Pte. John Dewing 1/5th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 19 Apr. 1917 Jerusalem Memorial
Pte. Cecil Lambert 7th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 16 Oct. 1918 Loos Memorial
Pte. Robert Stearman 7th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 8 Aug. 1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial
Pte. George S. Griffiths 9th Bn., Norfolk Rgt. 26 Sep. 1915 Loos Memorial
Pte. J. Thomas Attoe 1st Bn., Sherwood Foresters 28 Aug. 1918 Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle
Pte. Richard T.. Griffiths 12th Bn., Suffolk Regiment 25 Feb. 1917 St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen

And: James Fox. As well as the following for the Second World War:

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Other Commemoration / Burial
AS Herbert S. Crowe H.M. Motor Launch 1226 4 Oct. 1945 Chatham Naval Memorial
LCpl. Charles W. Perry 5th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment 21 Sep. 1944 Kranji War Cemetery
Pte. Frederick Craske 2nd Bn., Royal Norfolks. 26 May 1940 Dunkirk Memorial
Pte. Frederick J. Partridge 6th Bn., Royal Norfolks. 17 May 1943 Kanchanaburi War Cemetery

And: James E. Brown, Reginald Smith and William Wright.

References

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  1. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Briston | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  3. ^ "HALL FARMHOUSE, Briston - 1049241 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  4. ^ "CHURCH HOUSE, Briston - 1373780 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  5. ^ "22, CHURCH STREET, Briston - 1152785 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  6. ^ "HOME FARMHOUSE, Briston - 1049281 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  7. ^ "OLD NURSERY FARMHOUSE, Briston - 1373781 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  8. ^ "MANOR FARM HOUSE, Briston - 1049240 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  9. ^ "CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL AND ENTRANCE RAILINGS AND NUMBER 3 THE LANE, Briston - 1373782 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  10. ^ "METHODIST CHAPEL, Briston - 1049242 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  11. ^ "12 Squadron Wellington II W5444 PH-T Fl/Lt. McVeigh, RAF Binbrook, crash landing, Biston, Norfolk". Aircrew Remembered site. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  12. ^ "mnf23706 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Briston (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  14. ^ "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Briston - 1049239 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Briston War Memorial, Briston - 1442122 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  17. ^ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Briston". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
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