Brumstead

Brumstead's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for broom steading.^[1]

In the Domesday Book, Brumstead is recorded as a settlement of 21 households in the hundred of Happing. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of Roger Bigod.^[2]

Listed buildings within Brumstead include Brumstead Grange (Seventeenth Century)^[3] and Brumstead Hall (Fifteenth Century)^[4] with two Eighteenth Century barns.^[5]

During the early phases of the Second World War, an anti-aircraft position was built in Brumstead Parish, but it was later abandoned.^[6]

The parish had in 2001 census, a population of 84. At the 2011 census the population remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of East Ruston.

The B1159, Cromer and Caister-on-Sea, bisects the parish.

The nearest railway station is at North Walsham for the Bittern Line which runs between Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich.

Brumstead's parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and dates from the Fourteenth Century. St. Peter's is located on 'The Avenue' and has been Grade II listed 1955.^[7] The church was restored twice in the Nineteenth Century: once in the 1830s and again in the 1870s. The church boasts a Fourteenth Century font and stained-glass designed by J. & J. King, depicting Saint Peter and Saint John the Baptist.^[8]

Within St. Peter's Churchyard, there is an early-Eighteenth Century headstone with a skull & crossbones carving^[9] as well as a headstone dedicated to Mary Cubett.^[10]

Brumstead is part of the electoral ward of Happisburgh for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.

Brumstead's War Memorial is a white marble carved open book with an accompanying wreath, located inside St. Peter's Church. It lists the following names for the First World War:^[11]