Brancepeth, The Castle 1914
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Photo ref:
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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.
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A Selection of Memories from Brancepeth
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Brancepeth
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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,,
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