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| official_name=Briningham | country= England | region= East of England | shire_district= North Norfolk | shire_county= Norfolk | civil_parish= Bodham CP | static_image = Saint Maurice, Briningham, Norfolk.jpg | static_image_width = 250px | static_image_caption =Saint Maurice, Briningham, Norfolk | population = 130 | population_ref = (parish, 2011 census) | area_total_km2 = 4.96 | population_density= | os_grid_reference= TG030340 | coordinates = {{coord|52.86825|1.02538|display=inline,title}} | post_town= MELTON CONSTABLE | postcode_area= NR | postcode_district= NR24 | dial_code= 01263 | constituency_westminster= | london_distance= {{convert|124|mi|km}} }} Briningham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.[1] The village is 9.9 miles east north east of the town of Fakenham, 13.3 miles west south west of Cromer, 22.3 miles north north west of the city of Norwich, and 124 miles north north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. There is an abandoned railway line which is considered as a footpath, it runs parallel with an old track "the lane" that leads up to "belle vue tower". The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The civil parish had in 2001 census a population of 122, increasing to 130 at the 2011 census.[2] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk. HistoryBriningham has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085.[3] In the great book Briningham is recorded by the names Bruningaham, and Biringaham. The main landholders were Count Alan and Bishop William. The main tenant is said to be Roger Longwood. The survey also mentions that there are five beehives, a church and a mill. BuildingsThe main and oldest buildings are Belle Vue tower, originally thought to have been a mill but is now a private house; Rose Cottage, the mission hall; the old Methodist chapel, and the Mill Lane houses. ==Saint Maurice parish church== The parish church of Saint Maurice is unusual in that the church tower is on the south side.[4] On the east wall of the interior there are two large statues of Saint Maurice and the Blessed Virgin which are set into niches. In the south wall there is a 14th-century window. Within the graveyard stands a ten-foot-high pyramidal memorial to members of the Brereton family, on top of which sits the head of a muzzled bear. It is an English Heritage Grade I listed building.[5] Notable peopleNotable residents include the late Peter Whitbread.[6] GalleryReferences1. ^OS Explorer Map 24 - Norfolk Coast Central. {{ISBN|0-319-21726-4}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121207&c=NR24+2BA&d=16&e=62&g=6449493&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1440512646180&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=25 August 2015}} 3. ^The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde,Norfolk page 187, Briningham, {{ISBN|1-85833-440-3}} 4. ^Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, By Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson, Briningham entry. {{ISBN|0-300-09607-0}} 5. ^{{cite web | title=Church of St. Maurice | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=223523 | accessdate=28 July 2006}} 6. ^{{cite news | last = Thomas | first = Liz | title = Emmerdale scriptwriter dies in crash | newspaper = The Stage | publisher = The Stage Media Company | date = 4 November 2004 | url = http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/4977/emmerdale-scriptwriter-dies-in-crash | accessdate = 25 April 2012}} External links{{Commons category inline|Briningham}}{{Civil Parishes of North Norfolk}} 3 : Villages in Norfolk|Civil parishes in Norfolk|North Norfolk |
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