Wramplingham
Wramplingham lies on the River Tiffey just south of
Barford. The mill in Wramplingham was demolished in 1945
but the village sign stands in what was once the mill
pool.
Wramplingham Village
Sign
Bill Bryson, the celebrated travel writer and
humorist, lives in the
village. He is the author of many books including
Notes from a Small Island (1995) and A Short
History of Nearly Everything (2003).
Bill Bryson
He settled in England in 1977 and in 2007 he was
appointed president of the Campaign to Protect Rural
England (CPRE). He is currently engaged in the
organisation's work to
prevent littering: 'Stop the Drop!'
Notes from a Small Island was written shortly
before his return to the USA. He had spent 20 years in
England and had married an English woman. In the book, he manages
to capture many of the essential features of the English
character - particularly our resilience in the face of
World Wars, economic depressions and the weather. The
book has been adapted for both radio and television.
Bryson's tone is often humorous but his work is,
nevertheless, full of insight. Talking about his return
to the USA he had this to say: 'I had recently read that 3.7 million Americans
according to a Gallup poll, believed that they had been
abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was
clear that my people needed me.'
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