Brundall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Acle and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Norwich.
Brundall's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin[1] and in the Domesday Book it is recorded as a settlement of 70 households in the hundred of Blofield. The village was part of the estates of William the Conqueror, Bishop William of Thetford and Gilbert the Bowman.[2]
In 1874, Brundall was the location of the Thorpe rail accident, a major head-on collision between two railway locomotives which resulted in the deaths of 25 people. In 1898, the boatbuilder, Brooms of Brundall, was established. This company has built high quality watercraft and operated water tours on the Broads for over a century and is still in operation.[3]
Brundall is located on the north-bank of the River Yare. As in other Broadland villages, the land lying directly adjacent to the river falls into the executive area of the Broads Authority. The A47, between Birmingham and Lowestoft, runs through the parish.
At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 4,388, an increase from 4,019 at the 2011 census.[4]
The village is served by two railway stations on the Wherry Lines: Brundall and Brundall Gardens. There are regular services between Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Norwich, which are operated by Greater Anglia.[5]First Eastern Counties provides regular bus services to Norwich, Blofield Heath, Silfield and Lingwood on the Green Line routes.[6]
ブランダルの教区教会は聖ローレンスに捧げられており、13世紀に建てられた。この建物はグレードII指定建造物である。[ 7 ]教会の門は第一次世界大戦で亡くなった地元の男性たちの記念碑として機能しており、内部には中世の鉛製の洗礼盤が残っており、イースト・アングリアで唯一の鉛製の洗礼盤であると報告されている。教会にはクレイトン・アンド・ベルとチャールズ・イーマー・ケンプがデザインしたステンドグラスもある。[ 8 ]