| Brandon Parva | |
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  Brandon Parva Location within Norfolk | |
| OS grid reference | TG073078 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Norwich |
| Postcode district | NR9 |
Brandon Parva is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is near East Dereham and Norwich.
Brandon Parva's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a small settlement with a thorny bush on top of a hill.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Brandon Parva is recorded as consisting of 5 households and belonging to Count Alan of Brittany.[2]
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Runhall.[3]
In March 2011, the population consisted of approximately 30 people. In 1931 the parish had a population of 111.[4]
L.F. & H.F. Harrison, Agricultural Engineers and Contractors are based in Brandon Parva.[5]
In 2005, four students from the University of East Anglia began erecting a carbon-neutral treehouse in the woods outside of the village. After two years of building, the structure was finally demolished by South Norfolk Council in 2009.[6]
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