Description

Bramfield, a village and a parish in Suffolk, near the river Blythe, 2 miles S of Halesworth, and 3 N of Darsham station on the G.E.R. There is a post office under Halesworth, which is the telegraph office. Acreage of the parish, 2601; population, 535. Bramfield Hall and Bramfield House are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £140 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Early Decorated English, without aisles, and has a rich screen, with rood-loft. A round tower stands detached. There are Congregational and Primitive Methodist chapels. An ancient oak which fell in 1843 is mentioned in the ballad relating to Hugh Bigod's flight in 1174? "When the Baily had ridden to Bramfield oak, Sir Hugh was at Ilksale bower; When the Baily had ridden to Halesworth Cross, He was singing in Bungay Tower."