[9] The Old English place name elements -ham and -ingaham are characteristic of the earliest English-speaking settlements in England, associated with the growth of Anglo-Saxon culture in post-Roman Britain.

The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and short spire; and has a fine pointed doorway.

[citation needed] English Civil War soldiers who died during the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, a few miles to the north-east, are buried in the churchyard at Bramham.

to have trained his Ironsides on Bramham Moor, and to have recruited local young farmers whose riding skills made them ideal cavalry soldiers.

It has a fine bridge, an imposing peace memorial, an old windmill looking down, and houses great and small in a lovely green setting.

Shading its beautiful gardens are cedars, beeches, chestnuts, and ancient yews; and a great whitebeam here is said to be the biggest in England.

When the USA had entered the First World War in 1917, their pilots had gone straight into action with a lack of combat experience and had suffered heavy losses.

During the Second World War, vehicles were left on the old grassed areas, to deter the site being used as a landing ground in the event of an invasion.

[22] For many years,[quantify] the village had a rural emphasis although as the Great North Road grew in importance, the number of coaching inns and stables increased to service the passing trade.

Over the years, a significant amount of employment has been provided by the local estates, particularly Bramham Park and the other grand houses in the village.

In the late 20th century there was a decline in employment in agriculture that coincided with the growth of the village as home to a significant number of commuters.

[23] The army officer, ethnologist and anthropologist General Augustus Pitt Rivers was born in Bramham cum Oglethorpe on 14 April 1827.

Not even that list is complete as there are also accountants, engineers, solicitors, plumbers, teachers, plasterers, bankers, IT consultants, electricians and many more.

[citation needed] Community-based activities take place in Bramham Village Hall, and include groups and classes for drama, dance and fitness, Guides and Brownies, youth, and ramblers, and provides for church functions, senior citizens, parties, Bramham in Bloom, the NSPCC, and the Yorkshire Countrywomen's Association.

[citation needed] Entertainment has included bands from the US and Sweden, comedian Dominic Holland, an evening with Indian musicians, and New Year's Eve parties.

[citation needed] Since 2003 the Leeds Music Festival has been held on the three days of the August Bank Holiday weekend in the grounds of Bramham Park.

The club reformed in 2005, and won the Barkston Ash Cup in 2005 and the Harrogate and District League Division One title in 2006, and again in 2007.

Bramham International Horse Trials was voted the best event in the British Equestrian Trade Awards in February 2006.

[citation needed] Neil Hudson is the current founding member of the Bramham dodgers dodge ball team - winning 5 major accolades, most recently at Crewes tournament during the May bank holiday of 2017.

The college was extended to include a hall, theatre, gymnasium and cloisters, and a Grecian-style refectory with a glass dome.

The College gained a good reputation and during its short life and attracted the sons of leading Yorkshire families.

Several pupils died and are buried next to their headmaster under the yew tree at the eastern end of Bramham churchyard.

[26][27] A LNER Class D49 locomotive, "The Bramham Moor", was built in April 1932 by the London & North Eastern Railway's Darlington Works as number 201 (later British Railways 62736), typically hauling seven to ten coach trains on moderate length (50–100 mile) journeys in the north-east of England and remained in service until June 1958 when it was scrapped.

[28] Between 1979 and 1986, Bramham with fellow nearby Luddenden was used as filming locations for external scenes in the 1980s ITV Yorkshire Television situation comedy series In Loving Memory, starring Dame Thora Hird and Christopher Beeny.