Brancepeth
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Brancepeth memories
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the big meeting
i was born 1957, so my memories are after that, my parents used to take us each year to the big meeting,where all the collierys had big banners and each had there own brass bands,they would progress allong th streets of durham loud,colourfull,proud as punch,all in there sunday best,,a fine day out for the whole city ,vilage after village all the people singing allong to the bands,my grandfather james george jolly did many drawings and paintings in oils of the proceedings,,
Contributed by ruth hill
County Durham memories
the big meeting
i was born 1957, so my memories are after that, my parents used to take us each year to the big meeting,where all the collierys had big banners and each had there own brass bands,they would progress allong th streets of durham loud,colourfull,proud as punch,all in there sunday best,,a fine day out for the whole city ,vilage after village all the people singing allong to the bands,my grandfather james george jolly did many drawings and paintings in oils of the proceedings,,
A memory of Brancepeth contributed by ruth hill
walking with my grandad
in 1961 i would be 5yrs old,and my grandad Sam Gibson would walk with me my sister susan and my brother raymond,along from where they lived round to the wreck,,the name the gave for the local swing park.they lived in doric road,across from their house was a small shop called walter wilsons,he did this walk with us to get us out of the house while my mum and grandma prepared a meal there was a roundabout,and a witches hat,swings and a rocking horse,,we lived in ushaw moor,but we walked up to doric road frequently,,my aunty and uncle lived on cooperative terrace and cousins marion amd margery simpson,we would call on them allso.when we were older we used to walkup a long ...read more here
A memory of New Brancepeth contributed by ruth hill
Eric Burn
My grandad and grandma were Thomas and Margaret Burn, who had 3 childen, Jack (my dad), Jean and Marion. .Jack married Mary, Jean married Benny and Marion married Ralph. We lived in Grant Street and grandad and grandma lived in East Street. My grandad was a miner and my grandma was a county council councillor. There were 2 shops, a post office and a fish and chips shop, a shcool, and a hut which dances would be held in, which are not there now.
My mate was Trever Gobbing. Alan Reed rode over my bike with his milk lorry.
Once a year we would on the buster trip. I would walk into Durham with my grandad when was about 3 years ...read more here
A memory of Broompark contributed by First name Last name
Extracts From Brancepeth & County Durham books
It was from Brancepeth in November 1569 that the rebel earls of Westmorland and Northumberland launched their attack on Barnard Castle, which was being held for Queen Elizabeth by Sir George Bowes. The earls had even entered into negotiations with the Spanish Ambassador in an attempt to secure assistance from Philip II; the rebels garrisoned the port of Hartlepool. The rebellion collapsed after the earls were defeated near Durham on 15 December.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
Brancepeth once belonged to the powerful Neville family, but after changing hands several times it was bought in 1796 by a wealthy Sunderland banker, William Russell. It was he and his son who spent a fortune rebuilding the castle from 1817 onwards. Most of the present buildings are 19th-century, even the Norman-style gatehouse.
An extract from from"Scottish Castles".
The Neville stronghold of Brancepeth Castle was forfeited to the Crown during the reign of Elizabeth I. In 1633 it was sold by the King’s Commissioners and passed through a number of hands; it was bought by the banker and financier William Russell in 1796. It was his son, Matthew, who commissioned the Edinburgh-based architect John Patterson to rebuild Brancepeth, and the work began in 1817.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
Brancepeth once belonged to the powerful Neville family, but after changing hands several times it was bought in 1796 by a wealthy Sunderland banker, William Russell. It was he and his son who spent a fortune rebuilding the castle from 1817 onwards. Most of the present buildings are 19th century, even the Norman-style gatehouse.
An extract from from"English Castles".
Stockton was granted its market charter by Bishop Bek in 1310, but until the 1840s it consisted of little more than the High Street, a few side streets, and a quayside railhead for Stockton & Darlington Railway. On the right can be seen the parish church, which dates from 1712. Other 18th-century buildings were the Town House (1735) and the Customs House (1730).
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".