title: Brandon Parva
text: # Brandon Parva
  
  Brandon Parva is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is near East Dereham and Norwich.
  
  ## History
  
  Brandon Parva's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a small settlement with a thorny bush on top of a hill.
  
  In the Domesday Book, Brandon Parva is recorded as consisting of 5 households and belonging to Count Alan of Brittany.
  
  On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Runhall.
  
  ## Geography
  
  In March 2011, the population consisted of approximately 30 people. In 1931 the parish had a population of 111.
  
  ## Places of Interest
  
  L.F. & H.F. Harrison, Agricultural Engineers and Contractors are based in Brandon Parva.
  
  ## Brandon Parva Treehouse
  
  In 2005, four students from the University of East Anglia began erecting a carbon-neutral treehouse in the woods outside of the village. After two years of building, the structure was finally demolished by South Norfolk Council in 2009.
  
  ## War Memorial
  
  * Lance-Corporal Cecil H. Norton (1882-1915), 14th Battalion, Royal Montreal Regiment, Canadian Army
  * Private Harry Purling (1890-1918), 1/4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
  * Private George R. Allen (1888-1916), 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
  * Private George Dixon-Sutton (d.1918), 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
  * Private Russel R. Pitchers (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  * Private William Dixon-Sutton (d.1918), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  * Private William Pitchers (d.1915), 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
  
  And, the following for the Second World War:
  
  * Leading-Aircraftman Sidney D. Thurston (1920-1942), Royal Air Force
  