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Brandon in Suffolk County England History and GeographyBRANDON, a parish comprising the town of Brandon, in the hundred of LACKFORD, county of SUFFOLK, 40 miles (N.W.) from Ipswich, and 78 (N.N.E.) from London, containing 1770 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, consolidated with Wangford, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £20. 18. 1½. Thomas Holt, Esq. was patron in 1796. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The town lies on the southern bank of the Little Ouse, or Brandon river, which forms the northern boundary of the county, and is here crossed by a neat stone bridge, about a mile from which there is a ferry. where goods are laden and unladen for conveyance, by means of that river, to and from the isle of Ely. Imbedded in a stratum of chalk, a mile westward from the town, lie continuous strata of the finest flint, of which gun-flints are made here in abundance, and conveyed to various parts of the kingdom: on the hills, within one hundred feet from the surface, are seven different strata of flint, separated by as many layers of pipe-clay. In addition to the trade in gun-flints, there is considerable traffic in corn, malt, coal, timber, iron, bricks, tiles, &c.; and there are some extensive rabbit-warrens in the neighbourhood, that contribute to the supply of London. A market was formerly held on Friday, but it has been discontinued: fairs are, February 14th, June 11th, and November 11th. An annual rent-charge of £30, given by Robert Wright, is applied to the instruction of children belonging to Brandon, Downham, Wangford, and Weeting; and a fund of £13 per annum was bequeathed in 1664, by Joanna, widow of John Wright for keeping the school-room in repair, and for the relief of the poor of Brandon, Downham, and Wangford. Brandon Camp, a square earth-work guarded by a single trench and a rampart, is supposed to have been the Bravinium of the Romans, and to have been occupied by Ostorius Scapula previously to the decisive victory which he obtained over the brave Caractacus. The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, takes his English title from this place. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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