Welcome

To the Bramford Local History Group web site. The “Round House” shown here was adopted by the Group as its logo, it was the gatehouse to Bramford Hall. Situated at the North end of The Street and at the bottom of the long drive up to the Hall. Sadly demolished in the 1960’s.

Mr and Mrs Parker are shown outside the Round house.

Articles are continually being added, and the photo gallery is the next project to be undertaken when all the photographs have been collated.

If you have any comments or enquiries please contact us here.

If you would like an article to be published please use the contact page to submit your details for consideration. We welcome articles of local interest!

We have an associated website dedicated to the men who served and died in the First World War. To see details on the memorials and details of the men see https://www.bramfordww1project.org.uk

The Royal Oak Bramford

Like the White Elm, in Paper Mill Lane, the Royal Oak was a “Beerhouse” (see definition below). It was situated in The Street, in the row of houses between the Cooperative Store and Ravens Lane. The first record of it appears this newspaper report of 1869.Suffolk...

Bramford History Trail

Bramford History trail sign locations Most of the signs on the route are easy to find but in case of difficulty these pictures of the locations should help. Download the trail map for sites 1-16 here Solar farm extension (boards 17, 18 & 19) To add this part into...

Bramford Boy Leslie Drane a Hero

Reproduced from the Suffolk Chronicle of 20th August 1937 A RETIRING HERO Bramford Boy Rescues Girl and Goes HomeBathers at a point in the River Gipping near Bramford Bridge on Wednesday afternoon, witnessed a plucky rescue by a fourteen-year-old Bramford lad...

LEAVING YOUR MARK – F W Gephart

The story behind a name scratched in leadIn 2006 a major restoration project was carried out on the timber and lead spire of St Mary’s Church, Bramford. Before the lead was stripped off photos were taken of the “graffiti” that had been scratched into the lead by...

Bramford House

BRAMFORD HOUSE Built in 1693/4 but may have an earlier core. The land along with several other buildings, including a malt house, was purchased from the Alston family of Lovetofts Hall in 1659 by John Warner.Through the late 18th and early 19th Centuries it remained...

Bramford Railway Station

The original station was located on the embankment on the northern side of Ship Lane – where Keeble’s Car sales is today. In this picture (c1910) only part of the platform can be seen with access via the wooden steps. The ticket office was in the tall building by the...

John Darby of Bramford, surveyor, map-maker and artist

Our early parish registers recorded baptisms, marriages and deaths of parishioners and included members of the Darby family who had taken residence here in the 1590’s. Research on the parish registers carried out by our secretary, Beryl Sims, in the 1990’s revealed...

MEMORIES OF BRAMFORD PAPER MILL

Introduction By the sixteenth century a fulling mill was established along what is know known as Paper Mill Lane. "Fulling" was a process in producing woollen cloth to clean and thicken it. The process was traditionally done by hands and feet but water powered...

The Bramford Charters

The most famous charter was the Magna Carta – the great charter. All land in England belonged to the King, but he allowed others to be in charge and collect revenue, to act on his behalf. Early English charters were basically contracts between the King and the people....

Bramford – historic photos of The Street

The village pump would have been one of the main water supplies for most of The Street. Some premises would have had wells in the back garden. Mains water supplies were provided in the early 20th Century. The cottages to the left of the pump were demolished mid 20th...