Description
Broome, a parish in Norfolk, near the Waveney river, 1 1/2 mile NW of Ellingham station, and 1 1/2 NE of Ditchingham station on the G.E.R., and 2 miles NNE of Bungay, which is the post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 1459 ; population, 491. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £191 with residence. The church is an ancient building of flint and rubble in the Early Gothic style. Broome House is a chief residence.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
