Brancepeth Castle
Brancepeth Castle is a castle in the village of Brancepeth in the English county of Durham , about 8 km southwest of the city of Durham . English Heritage has listed it as a Grade I Historic Building.
history
There were a number of different buildings at this location. The first was a Norman castle built by the Bulmer family and renovated by the Neville family in the late 14th century . The Neville family owned this castle for many years before it was confiscated by the Crown in 1569 after the family was involved in the uprising of the north .
Since then there have been a number of other owners. At the beginning of the 17th century the property was lent by the Crown to Robert Carr but was confiscated again after his involvement in a poison scandal. In 1636 three men who had bought the castle from the royal commissioners in 1633 sold it to Ralph Cole of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . His grandson, Sir Ralph Cole (Member of Parliament), sold the property on April 9, 1701 to Sir Henry Belaysyse , whose daughter was in a relationship with Bobby Shafto and who is said to have inspired the famous song Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea . In 1796 the castle was acquired by the Russell family.
The current building is largely a 19th century reconstruction carried out by John Matthew Russell in the 1820s and improved by the architect Anthony Salvin for William Russell (1841 High Sheriff of Durham ) in the mid-19th century . During World War I , the castle served as a convalescent hospital for the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospital. In 1939 Brancepeth Castle became the regimental headquarters of the Durham Light Infantry , who built a military camp with over 100 huts in the south of the village during World War II . The Durham Light Infantry left the castle in 1962.
The castle is now privately owned by the Dobson family . Margaret Dobson , wife of the publisher Dennis Dobson , bought it in 1978.
Events
Under the current owners there is a craft fair twice a year and Shakespearean outdoor shows twice a year .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Brancepeth Castle . Images of England. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- ^ A b Villages Around Durham City: Famous Owners of Brancepeth Castle; Brancepeth: The Church and the Brawn . North East England History. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- ↑ a b c d e f Archive December 19, 2003: Castle of Shafto's lovelorn follower . The Northern Echo . Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ↑ George Edward Cokayne: The Complete Baronetage . Volume II. 1902, p. 82. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- ^ Landscape Engraving of Brancepeth Castle, Durham. View from the southwest. (Image from 1728) . Structures of the North East ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ^ Durham Light Infantry Records . Durham County Records Office. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
literature
- Plantagenet Somerset Fry: The David & Charles Book of Castles . David & Charles. 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
Web links
Coordinates: 54 ° 44 ′ 2.4 ″ N , 1 ° 39 ′ 16.6 ″ W.