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Brancepeth is a village and 
According to one 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, 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.
A more likely explanation is that it derives from "Brandon's Path", after St Brandon, the patron saint of the parish church.
Brancepeth is a village and civil parish
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in County Durham
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on the A690 road between Durham and Weardale. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 414.
Brancepeth Castle
Brancepeth Castle is a castle in the village of Brancepeth in County Durham, England, some 5 miles south-west of the city of Durham (). It is a Grade I listed building.
History
A succession of buildings has been on the site. The first was a No ...
was until 1570 the fortress of the Neville Earls of Westmorland
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. The castle was extensively modified and rebuilt in the 19th century by Viscount Boyne (later Baron Brancepeth). It was later a military hospital.
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.
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. The 6,400-yard, par 70 course is regarded as one of the finest in the north-east of England.
According to one 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, 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.
A more likely explanation is that it derives from "Brandon's Path", after St Brandon, the patron saint of the parish church.
Notable residents
*Arthur Prowse
Lieutenant Colonel William Arthur Prowse (1907– 14 July 1981) was a British physicist and academic administrator. He was the founding Master of Van Mildert College, Durham.
Prowse matriculated at Hatfield College, Durham and graduated with a d ...
(1907–1981)
* Frederick William Sanderson
Frederick William Sanderson (13 May 1857 – 15 June 1922) was headmaster of Oundle School from 1892 until his death. He was an education reformer, and both at Oundle, and previously at Dulwich College where he had started as assistant master, ...
(1857–1922)
References
*Margot Johnson. "Brancepeth" in ''Durham: Historic and University City and surrounding area''. Sixth Edition. Turnstone Ventures. 1992. . Pages 34 to 37.External links
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