Broome, Norfolk
# Broome, Norfolk

Broome is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the north bank of the River Waveney, which forms the border with Suffolk, some 2 km north of the town of Bungay and 20 km south-east of the city of Norwich.

## History

Broome's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a thorny bush or shrub.

In the Domesday Book, Brooke is described of consisting of 41 households, belonging to Bury St Edmunds Abbey.

## Geography

In the 2001 Census, Broome had a population of 475 people in 190 households, reducing to 458 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.

## St. Michael's Church

Broome's Parish Church is dedicated to Saint Michael and is of Norman origin.

## Places of Interest

Broome has one public house, called 'The Artichoke.'

The nearby Broome Pits are a series of four former gravel pits which now form fishing lakes in which Carp, Northern pike, Tench and Bream can be caught.

## Notable Residents

* Thomas Manning- English sinologist and traveller
* Joe Lewis- Aberdeen F.C. and England Under-21s goalkeeper

## War Memorial

Broome's War Memorial is located in St. Michael's Churchyard and holds the following names for the First World War:

* Able-Seaman William Taylor (1887-1916), HMS Defence
* Lance-Corporal Thomas Clark (d.1917), 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Bombardier William Pulford (d.1915), 115th (Siege) Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
* Driver William E. Lawes (d.1917), 487th Company, Royal Army Service Corps
* Private Ernest E. Fish (1880-1918), 2nd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment
* Private E. Charles Walker (1876-1917), 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
* Private Charles C. Spalding (1892-1917), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private John P. Sparkes (1895-1917), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private Herbert A. M. Youngs (1896-1917), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private Wilfred M. Bale (1893-1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private Philip T. Cole (1892-1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private Frederick C. Walker (1895-1917), 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Private Frederick Harrod (1894-1917), 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Private Arthur Smith (1889-1916), 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Private John Howlett (d.1918), 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Private Charles G. P. Ellis (d.1917), 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
* Private William King (d.1918), 6th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
* Deckhand Archibald H. Barker (1892-1916), H.M. Drifter Kent County

And, the following for the Second World War:

* Flight-Sergeant Henry K. Bartlett (1920-1943), Royal Air Force
