BRAMPTON, a parish in the southern division of
the hundred of ERPINGHAM, county of NORFOLK, 2f
miles (S. B.) from Aylsham, containing 145 inhabitants,
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £5,
and in the patronage of R. Marsham, Esq. The church,
dedicated to St. Peter, has a tower circular at the base
and octangular above. From several urns containing
calcined bones, this is conjectured to have been the place
of interment of the Roman station at Burgh, on the opposite
side of the river Bure, which is here navigable.