Broomsthorpe is a place and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of

East Rudham East Rudham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located north-east of King's Lynn and north-west of Norwich. History East Rudham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English fo ...

, in the

King's Lynn and West Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn. The district also includes the t ...

district, in the

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. It is the site of a

deserted medieval village In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village (DMV) is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks. If there are fewer than three inhabited houses the conve ...

with

scheduled ancient monument In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage, visu ...

status to the south of Coxford.Broomsthorpe Deserted Medieval Village

Historic England Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked with prot ...

. Retrieved 2015-10-25.Broomsthorpe/Sengham or Tattersett St Andrew deserted medieval village
Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2015-10-26.Parish summary: Tattersett
Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2015-10-26. This may be the location of the village of Sengham or possibly Tattersett St Andrew. It lies south-east of the site of

Coxford Priory Coxford Priory or Broomsthorpe Priory was a monastic house in Norfolk, England. An Augustinian Canons Regular establishment, initially founded around 1140 at the church of St Mary, East Rudham by William Cheney, the community was transferred t ...

in the parish of

Tattersett Tattersett is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of , and had a population of 902 in 390 households at the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census, the population increasing to 962 at the 2011 Census. ...

. In 1931 the parish had a population of 22. Broomsthorpe was an

extra-parochial area In England and Wales, an extra-parochial area, extra-parochial place or extra-parochial district was a geographically defined area considered to be outside any ecclesiastical or civil parish. Anomalies in the parochial system meant they had no ch ...

; in 1858 it became a separate civil parish; on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with East Rudham. The villages name means 'Brun's outlying farm/settlement'. The modern place of Broomsthorpe is in the parish of East Rudham to the south-west of the deserted village site. It consists of a handful of houses and the Grade II listed Broomsthorpe Hall dating from around 1800.Broomsthorpe Hall Farmhouse, East Rudham
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

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