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    Brancepeth Castle is a castle in the village of Brancepeth in County Durham, England, some 5 miles south-west of the city of Durham (grid reference NZ223377)...
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    location of the brawn's death. Brancepeth Castle was until 1570 the fortress of the Neville Earls of Westmorland. The castle was extensively modified and...
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    Green, and a fifth across a ford to Brancepeth Castle and village on the far side of the river. All except the Brancepeth road are shown on the 1768 map of...
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  • Cullen about his daughter Margaret's health. In 1797 he bought Brancepeth Castle. The Brancepeth estate was sold to him by Henry Vane-Tempest, who had inherited...
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    married Emma Maria Russell, sister and heiress of William Russell of Brancepeth Castle, County Durham, children of Matthew Russell of the same, and in 1850...
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  • houses. After the Northern Rising of 1569, Elizabeth I confiscated Brancepeth Castle and its territories. These were administered as Crown Lands until...
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  • 7th Earl of Northumberland. Seven hundred soldiers assembled at Brancepeth Castle. In November 1569 Westmorland and Northumberland occupied Durham....
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    "Brancepeth Castle" Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Durham Castle" Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Lambton Castle" Archived...
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    Matthew Russell (1765 – 8 May 1822) of Brancepeth Castle was an English landowner and coal proprietor, inheriting from his father William Russell a large...
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    relate the story of how he broke the heart of Bridget Belasyse of Brancepeth Castle, County Durham, where his brother Thomas was rector, when he married...
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  • England and one in the Baronetage of Ireland. The Cole Baronetcy, of Brancepeth Castle, in the County of Durham was created on 4 March 1640 in the Baronetage...
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    brought to her husband several estates, including Brancepeth Castle in County Durham and Sheriff Hutton Castle near Bulmer, Raskelf and Sutton-in-the-Forest...
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    County, it was not to return until 1939, when it was transferred to Brancepeth Castle. In 1885 the 2nd Battalion was transferred to Egypt to take part in...
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    1592 the English ambassador Robert Bowes went to Barnard Castle, Raby Castle and Brancepeth Castle with the English-born royal huntsman Cuthbert Rayne to...
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  • "Pedigree of Bulmer of Wilton, Brancepeth, etc" "Bulmer | Domesday Book". Surtees, C., History of the Castle at Brancepeth, pp. 5, 21, quoted in Anthony...
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    Brancepeth, proposed the building of a new church and school and the community began raising funds. In February 1868 Lord Boyne of Brancepeth Castle donated...
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    Hardwick Estate to William Russell. William Russell in 1796 bought Brancepeth Castle. From about his time his son Matthew Russell took over the running...
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  • Regimental Museum. This presentation took place during a parade at Brancepeth Castle, when, watched by his mother and over thirty sons, daughters, grandchildren...
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    Ravensworth Castle increasingly became their principal residence and in the 19th century the Newton Estate was sold to William Russell of Brancepeth Castle who...
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  • Scotland laden with booty, his force was ambushed by William Bulmer of Brancepeth Castle at Milfield, and was routed, losing 1000 men and his standard. Home...
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    (New course), Belfairs Golf Club, Rye, Blackmoor, Swinley Forest, Brancepeth Castle, Brokenhurst Manor, Camberley Heath, Calcot Park, Goring and Streatley...
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    Paterson of Edinburgh while he was working on the restoration of Brancepeth Castle in County Durham. In 1821 Salvin moved to Finchley in north London...
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    Fenham Barracks shortly after the First World War but moved out to Brancepeth Castle when the regiment transferred there in 1939. The Royal Northumberland...
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  • of Ralph Cole, who had purchased Brancepeth Castle in 1633. On 4 March 1640 Cole was created a baronet, of Brancepeth in the Baronetage of England by Charles...
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    Handly, S. "Belasyse, Sir Henry (c.1648-1717), of Potto, Yorks. and Brancepeth Castle, co. Durham". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715...
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  • John Paterson of Edinburgh during the latter's restoration work on Brancepeth Castle. Ditchfield, G. M. "Sharp, Granville (1735–1813)". Oxford Dictionary...
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  • relate the story of how he broke the heart of Bridget Belasyse of Brancepeth Castle, County Durham, where his brother Thomas was rector, when he married...
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  • (1772–1854), who married Margaret Russell, daughter of William Russell of Brancepeth Castle, in 1807. Drummond died in Quebec in 1776 and, four years later in...
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  • 1850s, the area was open moorland. It was not until Viscount Boyne of Brancepeth Castle, leased the mineral rights to Joseph Pease and Company that mining...
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    William Russell, who in 1781 leased Wallsend Colliery and later bought Brancepeth Castle, was a conspicuous example. There were also the Brandling family of...
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