Brooke, Norfolk

Village and civil parish in England

District

Region

52°33′00″N 1°22′59″E / 52.550°N 1.383°E / 52.550; 1.383

Brooke is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, about 7 miles south of Norwich and roughly equidistant from Norwich and Bungay.

History

Brook's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a small stream.^[1]

In the Domesday Book, Brooke is described as consisting of 41 households which belong to Bury St Edmunds Abbey.^[2]

According to the 2011 Census, the population of Brooke and Howe is 1,399 people.^[3]

Brooke's Parish Church is dedicated to Saint Peter and is one of the 124 remaining round-tower churches in Norfolk.^[4]

Primary-age children attend Brooke Primary School, located in the village.^[5]

Brooke's village public house is called 'The White Lion' and dates back to the 1800s.

An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward had a total population of 2,662 at the 2011 Census.^[6]

Brooke War Memorial is a stone cross memorial located in St. Peter's Churchyard and lists the following for the First World War:

Leading-Seaman Christopher Jay (1883–1914), HMS Hawke
Sergeant Charles R. Burroughs (1890–1914), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Lance-Corporal Matthew A. Evans (1881–1918), 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
Lance-Corporal R. Charles Sturman (1894–1916), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Gunner Cecil R. Parfitt (1878–1917), 25th (Anti-Aircraft) Company, Royal Garrison Artillery
Private George Cooper (1892–1916), 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Private Llewellyn Dredge (d.1915), 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
Private E. E. Victor French (1898–1918), 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
Private Charles H. Bullen (1880–1918), 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Private George A. Turner (1883–1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Private Robert Sayer (1883–1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Charles R. Baldwin (1893–1915), 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Edwin J. Cubitt (1894–1917), 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Frederick J. Sayer (1896–1917), 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private James P. Norman (1897–1917), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Sidney G. Sturman (1891–1915), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Harry B. J. Whitwood (1894–1917), 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

And, the following for the Second World War:

Flight-Sergeant Frederick G. Clarke (1925–1945), Royal Air Force
Sergeant Peter B. Corbett (1917–1941), No. 90 Squadron RAF
Gunner Frederick S. Sayer (1919–1941), 3rd Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery
Private Edward A. C. Utting (1924–1944), 2/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
D. Gooch

Furthermore, a brass plaque is located inside St. Peter's Church commemorating the following from the Boxer Rebellion:

^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 11, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Brooke
^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 11, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TM2999/brooke/
^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
^ Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved November 11, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/brooke/brooke.htm
^ Brooke Primary. (2022). Retrieved November 12, 2022. https://www.brooke.norfolk.sch.uk/
^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
^ Peck, M. (2017). Retrieved November 12, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Brooke.html