Description

Bramford, a village and a parish in Suffolk, on the river Gipping, and on the G.E.R., 2 1/2 miles NW of Ipswich, with a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Ipswich. Acreage of parish, 3280; population of the civil parish, 1408; of the ecclesiastical, including Burstall, 1393. There are several chalk pits, and extensive manure and cement works. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Burstall, in the diocese of Norwich; joint gross yearly value, £300 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church is a building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular and Decorated styles. There is an almshouse for five widows, and there are also some small charities.