Brancepeth
Village in County Durham, England
Brancepeth is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated about 8 km (5 mi) from Durham on the A690 road between Durham and Weardale. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 414.[1]
Name origin
The name likely derives from "Bran's Path", after St Brandon, the parish church's patron saint.[2] According to another story, the village's name is said to derive from "Brawn's Path". There is a legend that Brancepeth was once terrorised by an enormous brawn (boar), which was eventually killed by a knight named Sir Roger de Ferie in 1208. A commemorative stone marks the traditional location of the brawn's death.[3]
History
Brancepeth Castle was until 1570 the fortress of the Neville Earls of Westmorland. The castle was extensively modified and rebuilt in the 19th century by Viscount Boyne (later Baron Brancepeth). It was later a military hospital.[4]
St Brandon's Church was famed for its exceptional 17th-century woodwork, until it was destroyed in a major fire in 1998; the church has since been restored and reroofed.[5]
In 1924, Harry Colt laid out a golf course on the deer park which formed part of the estate surrounding the castle. A club house was created from the old coach house and stables and remains in use by Brancepeth Castle Golf Club.[6]
Notable residents
- Arthur Prowse (1907–1981)
- Frederick William Sanderson (1857–1922)
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ Foley, Graham. "The Brancepeth Story". Brancepeth Parish Council.
- ^ "The Story of Sir Roger de Ferie and the Brawn of Brancepeth". Ferryhill Local History. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "A game of patients". Durham Times. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015.
- ^ "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19952. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Brancepeth Castle Golf Club Course Review". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
Further reading
- Margot Johnson. "Brancepeth" in Durham: Historic and University City and surrounding area. Sixth Edition. Turnstone Ventures. 1992. ISBN 094610509X. Pages 34 to 37.
External links
Media related to Brancepeth at Wikimedia Commons
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Civil parishes in County Durham
- including Stockton-on-Tees (north of the river)
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- Archdeacon Newton
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- The former Chester le Street Urban District
- Consett
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- Towns
- Headland
- Parishes
- Brierton
- Claxton
- Dalton Piercy
- Elwick
- Greatham
- Hart
- Newton Bewley
- Wynyard
- Unparished areas
- Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough
- Towns
- Billingham
- Parishes
- Aislaby
- Carlton
- Egglescliffe
- Elton
- Grindon and Thorpe Thewles
- Longnewton
- Newsham
- Preston-on-Tees
- Redmarshall
- Stillington and Whitton
- Wolviston
- Wynyard
- Unparished areas
- Part of the former Teesside County Borough
- For further information about the above parishes, see List of civil parishes in County Durham.
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