Population 296 (2011) Civil parish Brandeston | OS grid reference TM2460 Post town Woodbridge | |
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Brandeston is a village in Suffolk, England on the River Deben 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Ipswich. Brandeston is west of Kettleburgh and northwest of Hoo Green.
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Map of Brandeston, Woodbridge, UK
According to the 2011 Census there were 144 males and 152 females. Brandeston is parish in Plomesgate district and 3½ miles SW of Framlingham r. station.#
Occupations have been grouped by status from 1831 data. It shows that there were 15 people categorised as Employers & Professionals, 31 as Middling Sorts, 70 as Labourers & Servants and 22 as Others.
The median age of residents in Brandeston is 48 and 49.3% of all usual residents are in the age range of 45-74, according to the Office of National Statistics.
History
The mediaeval parish church is dedicated to All Saints, is a Gothic building, with square tower. There is an Independent chapel, built in 1838, capable of accommodating 400 persons. There is a pub called the Queen's Head.
The Rev. John Lowes, the Vicar of Brandeston, was found guilty of witchcraft by Matthew Hopkins, the self-styled Witchfinder General, and in 1645 was hanged at Bury St Edmunds. These events are recounted in the 1968 film Witchfinder General, starring Vincent Price.
Brandeston Hall the largest building in the village, is now the preparatory department of nearby Framlingham College. It was largely destroyed in a fire in 1847 and rebuilt as an exact replica by its then owner Charles Austin QC, who married Harriet Jane Ingilby of Ripley Castle and died at the hall.