OS grid reference TM135764 Country England Post town EYE Shire county Suffolk Dialling code 01379 | Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district IP23 District Mid Suffolk Civil parish Brome and Oakley | |
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UK parliament constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | ||
Brome is a village in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It lies on the A140 road Norwich to Ipswich around 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Eye and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Diss near the border with Norfolk. The village is in the parish of Brome and Oakley and has been combined with the village of Oakley for centuries.
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Map of Brome, Eye, UK
The village church, dedicated to St Mary, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk. It is a Grade II* listed building with a medieval core dating from the 12th century. A moated site near the church is a scheduled monument dating from the same period.
Famous people
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.