Brome
The church of St Mary at Brome
The church of St Mary at Brome
The location of Brome within Suffolk
The location of Brome within Suffolk
Brome
Location within Suffolk
OS grid referenceTM135764
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEYE
Postcode districtIP23
Dialling code01379
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°20′42″N 1°07′59″E / 52.345°N 1.133°E / 52.345; 1.133

Brome is a village and former civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It lies on the A140 Norwich to Ipswich road around 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Eye and 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Diss near the border with Norfolk. In 1961 the parish had a population of 230.[1] The village is now in the parish of Brome and Oakley and has been combined with the village of Oakley for centuries[2] but the civil parish was only combined on 1 April 1982.[3]

The village church, dedicated to St Mary, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk.[4] It is a Grade II* listed building with a medieval core dating from the 12th century.[5] A moated site near the church is a scheduled monument dating from the same period.[6]

Notable residents

The Catholic priest and martyr Henry Morse was born in the village in 1595. Morse was venerated and beatified in December 1929 and in 1970 was made one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.[7][8] John Wilbye (1574-1638), the famous English madrigalist, was born in Brome. Amongst his works is the much performed madrigal: "Adew Sweet Amaryllis".[9][circular reference][10]

References

  1. ^ "Population Statistics Brome CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ St Nicholas, Oakley, Suffolk Churches website. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  3. ^ "The Mid Suffolk (Parishes) Order 1981" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. ^ St Mary, Brome, Suffolk churches website. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  5. ^ Church of St Mary, Brome and Oakley, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Moated Site Immediately South East of St Mary's Church (1019674)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  7. ^ Holmes P, ‘Morse, Henry (1595–1645)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, September 2012 accessed 2014-03-15.
  8. ^ Pullan M (2008) The Lives and Times of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales 1535 - 1680, Athena Press, pp. xvii–xxii. ISBN 978-1-84748-258-7.
  9. ^ John Wilbye
  10. ^ "John Wilbye - English composer".
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