Brandon
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Population (2021) of Brandon: 9 225.
Local authority for Brandon is West Suffolk
Introduction
Brandon is an old Breckland town, much expanded by London overspill, lying on a crossing of the river Ouse. Unusually, Brandon still retains the same name recorded in Domesday, though the Bodleian Library's Gough Map (thought to date from about 1400) shows the town as "Brandonfery".
The centre retains many 19th century flint clad buildings, a reminder of a gun flint knapping industry that once employed over 200 people during Napoleonic wars. The flint trade in Brandon dates back at least to Palaeolithic times. Grime's Graves, about 5 miles north east of the town, is a complex of flint mines that were worked at least between 2600BCE and 2300BCE, probably continuing much later. The site is now managed by English Heritage.
Unfortunately, the town is probably best-known for its traffic congestion. The High Street is on the main route between Newmarket and Norwich and the large amount of traffic (including a lot of HGVs) isn't helped by the fact that the barriers at the railway station spend more time than necessary closed and frequently fail.
A moated iron age village has been excavated below the Remembrance playing fields…
History
Pubs by Street
High Street
Henry Spendlove (1855 White's Directory, beer house).
William Daynes (cooper) (1865 Kelly's Directory)Cole Hole.
Thomas Russell (also listed as a watchmaker) (1865 Kelly's Directory).
Walter Snare (1874 White's Directory).
Lode Street
Robert Fendick (1844 White's Directory, beer house).
Mrs Maria Fendick (1865 Kelly's Directory).
Henry Kent (1874 White's Directory) Three Horseshoes?
London Road
John Cooper (1844 White's Directory, beer house).
Catherine Capp (1855 White's Directory, beer house).
Henry Moore (1855 White's Directory, beer house).
Charles Farrow (parish clerk)(1865 K…
Acknowledgements
Some historical information from English Heritage's National Monuments Record.
