Brumstead (orBrunstead) is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.[1] The village is 15.3 miles (24.6 km) north-east of Norwich, 17.6 miles (28.3 km) south-south-east of Cromer and 134 miles (216 km) north-east of London. The village lies 1.2 miles (1.9 km) north of the town of Stalham.
Brumstead's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a settlement or estate near thorny bushes or shrubs.[2]
In the Domesday Book, Brumstead is recorded as a settlement of 21 households belonging to Roger Bigod. The survey mentions the village also held 30 goats, a church and a mill alongside pannage or woodland for 16 pigs.
The village has also been known for hundreds of years as Brunstead as old maps demonstrate.[3] The village is known locally as Brunstead, as demonstrated by the village sign.
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.
For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the districtofNorth Norfolk. The village is situated on the route of the B1159 that runs between the town of Cromer and the town of Stalham.[5]