Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria
Encyclopedia
Brampton is a small market town and civil parish
within the City of Carlisle
district of Cumbria
, England
about 9 miles (14 km) east of Carlisle and 2 miles south of Hadrian's Wall
. It is situated off the A69 road
which bypasses it. Brampton railway station
, about a mile outside the town itself, is located on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
.
St Martin's Church
is famous as the only church designed by the Pre-Raphaelite architect Philip Webb
, and contains one of the most exquisite sets of stained glass windows designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
, and executed in the William Morris
studio.
During the Jacobite Rising
of 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed in the town for one night, marked by a plaque on the wall of the building (a shoe shop) currently occupying the location; here he received the Mayor of Carlisle who had ridden to Brampton to surrender the city to the Young Pretender. The Capon Tree Monument outside the town centre was the scene of the 1746 hanging of six of Bonnie Prince Charlie's supporters.
In 1817 the Earl of Carlisle
built the octagonal Moot Hall
, which is in the centre of Brampton and houses the Tourist Information Centre. It replaced a 1648 building which was once used by Oliver Cromwell
to house prisoners.
Much of Brampton consists of historic buildings built of the local red sandstone.
(William Howard website). The school's headmistress is Lorrayne Hughes. The school was named Irthing Valley School until 1980 when it was amalgamated with Brampton's White House School and took on a larger catchment area, with pupils from as far away as Alston
and Penrith
. The old White House School site remained in use after 1980 as the 'Lower Site' of the new amalgamated school (housing the 1st and 2nd Year groups), with the Irthing Valley location known as the 'Upper Site'. The Lower Site eventually ceased use c. 1994 and was eventually sold to be turned into flats, and its large playing field replaced with houses - today's Irthing Park.
The town's primary school was formed from a merger of the junior and infant schools on 1 September 2008. The historic infant school site in Moat Street was sold, and the junior school site became the basis for the new school, with its site enlarged to accommodate the increased intake. Brampton Primary School. The head teacher
of Brampton Primary School is Geof Walker.
, Egudo Embako, Richard Thompson, Suzanne Vega
, Loudan Wainwright III, Altan, Tommy Emmanuel
, Seth Lakeman
and many others.
a footballer who made over 150 appearances each for both Carlisle United and Liverpool F.C.
was born and grew up in Brampton. Geoff had even greater success in his career after leaving football. As a scout for Liverpool he recommended the likes of Kevin Keegan
, John Toshack
, Peter Beardsley
and John Barnes
amongst others to the managers he worked under, including: Bill Shankly
, Bob Paisley
, Joe Fagan
and Kenny Dalglish
. All together he spent twenty years as head scout of Liverpool F.C.
Obtaining Walkers are Welcome status, as a growing number of communities across Britain are doing, brings a number of benefits. It helps strengthen a town's reputation as a place for visitors to come to enjoy the outdoors, bringing useful benefits to the local economy. It helps to ensure that footpaths and facilities for walkers are maintained in good condition, benefiting local people as well as visitors. It can contribute to local tourism plans and regeneration strategies.
It also allows communities to benefit from the regular networking opportunities with other Walkers are Welcome towns, when experiences are shared informally and new ideas discussed.
Help celebrate Brampton's award by joining three guided walks on Sunday 23rd October at 11:00am outide the town's Moot Hall
Brampton Walkers are Welcome
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
within the City of Carlisle
City of Carlisle
The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages...
district of Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
about 9 miles (14 km) east of Carlisle and 2 miles south of Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall was a defensive fortification in Roman Britain. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was the first of two fortifications built across Great Britain, the second being the Antonine Wall, lesser known of the two because its physical remains are less evident today.The...
. It is situated off the A69 road
A69 road
The A69 is a major road in northern England, running east-west across the Pennines, through the counties of Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Cumbria. Originally the road started in Blaydon, but since the creation of the A1 Western Bypass around Newcastle upon Tyne, it now starts at Denton Burn a...
which bypasses it. Brampton railway station
Brampton (Cumbria) railway station
Brampton railway station is on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway in northern England, serving the town of Brampton. The station is located about a mile southeast of the town, near the village of Milton. Staff were removed from the station in 1967, with the main buildings demolished in stages...
, about a mile outside the town itself, is located on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, occasionally referred to as the Tyne Valley Line, is a railway line in northern England. The line was built in the 1830s, and links the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear with in Cumbria. Formal opening took place on 18 June 1838.The line follows the...
.
St Martin's Church
St Martin's Church, Brampton
St Martin's Church, Brampton, is in Front Street, Brampton, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Brampton, the archdeaconry of Carlisle and the diocese of Carlisle. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building and is the only...
is famous as the only church designed by the Pre-Raphaelite architect Philip Webb
Philip Webb
Another Philip Webb — Philip Edward Webb was the architect son of leading architect Sir Aston Webb. Along with his brother, Maurice, he assisted his father towards the end of his career....
, and contains one of the most exquisite sets of stained glass windows designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Edward Burne-Jones
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet was a British artist and designer closely associated with the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, who worked closely with William Morris on a wide range of decorative arts as a founding partner in Morris, Marshall, Faulkner, and Company...
, and executed in the William Morris
William Morris
William Morris 24 March 18343 October 1896 was an English textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement...
studio.
History
The town was founded in the 7th century as an Anglian settlement.During the Jacobite Rising
Jacobite rising
The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in Great Britain and Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746. The uprisings were aimed at returning James VII of Scotland and II of England, and later his descendants of the House of Stuart, to the throne after he was deposed by...
of 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed in the town for one night, marked by a plaque on the wall of the building (a shoe shop) currently occupying the location; here he received the Mayor of Carlisle who had ridden to Brampton to surrender the city to the Young Pretender. The Capon Tree Monument outside the town centre was the scene of the 1746 hanging of six of Bonnie Prince Charlie's supporters.
In 1817 the Earl of Carlisle
Earl of Carlisle
Earl of Carlisle is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1322 when the soldier Andrew Harclay, 1st Baron Harclay was made Earl of Carlisle. He had already been summoned to Parliament as Lord Harclay in 1321...
built the octagonal Moot Hall
Moot hall
A moot hall is meeting or assembly building, traditionally to decide local issues.In Anglo-Saxon England, a low ring-shaped earthwork served as a moot hill or moot mound, where the elders of the hundred would meet to take decisions. Some of these acquired permanent buildings, known as moot halls...
, which is in the centre of Brampton and houses the Tourist Information Centre. It replaced a 1648 building which was once used by Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
to house prisoners.
Much of Brampton consists of historic buildings built of the local red sandstone.
Education
Brampton's secondary school is the William Howard SchoolWilliam Howard School
The William Howard School is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school on Longtown Road in Brampton, Cumbria, England for pupils aged 11–18.-The school today:...
(William Howard website). The school's headmistress is Lorrayne Hughes. The school was named Irthing Valley School until 1980 when it was amalgamated with Brampton's White House School and took on a larger catchment area, with pupils from as far away as Alston
Alston, Cumbria
Alston is a small town in Cumbria, England on the River South Tyne. It is one of the highest elevation towns in the country, at about 1,000 feet above sea level.-Geography:...
and Penrith
Penrith, Cumbria
Penrith was an urban district between 1894 and 1974, when it was merged into Eden District.The authority's area was coterminous with the civil parish of Penrith although when the council was abolished Penrith became an unparished area....
. The old White House School site remained in use after 1980 as the 'Lower Site' of the new amalgamated school (housing the 1st and 2nd Year groups), with the Irthing Valley location known as the 'Upper Site'. The Lower Site eventually ceased use c. 1994 and was eventually sold to be turned into flats, and its large playing field replaced with houses - today's Irthing Park.
The town's primary school was formed from a merger of the junior and infant schools on 1 September 2008. The historic infant school site in Moat Street was sold, and the junior school site became the basis for the new school, with its site enlarged to accommodate the increased intake. Brampton Primary School. The head teacher
Head teacher
A head teacher or school principal is the most senior teacher, leader and manager of a school....
of Brampton Primary School is Geof Walker.
Culture
William Howard School is host to "Brampton Live" every summer, an ever-growing music festival that has, since its first appearance in 1995, become the largest folk/roots/world music festival in the North of England. Major artists in previous years have included the Levellers, the WaterboysThe Waterboys
The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York, and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a...
, Egudo Embako, Richard Thompson, Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American songwriter and singer known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.Two of Vega's songs reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: "Luka" and "Tom's Diner"...
, Loudan Wainwright III, Altan, Tommy Emmanuel
Tommy Emmanuel
William Thomas "Tommy" Emmanuel AM is an Australian guitarist, best known for his complex fingerpicking style, energetic performances and the use of percussive effects on the guitar. In the May 2008 and 2010 issues of Guitar Player Magazine, he was named as "Best Acoustic Guitarist" in their...
, Seth Lakeman
Seth Lakeman
Seth Bernard Lakeman is an English folk singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, who is most often associated with the fiddle and tenor guitar, but has also mastered the viola and banjo...
and many others.
Telephone numbers
Many business and residential lines in the Brampton area still retain four digit telephone numbers. Consequently databases often incorrectly place the last seven of the area code in front of the subscribers number i.e. 01697 75555 instead of 016977 5555.Notable Residents
Geoff TwentymanGeoff Twentyman
Geoff Twentyman was an English footballer who is mainly remembered for his links with Liverpool Football Club as both a player and as chief scout.-Life and playing career:...
a footballer who made over 150 appearances each for both Carlisle United and Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
was born and grew up in Brampton. Geoff had even greater success in his career after leaving football. As a scout for Liverpool he recommended the likes of Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....
, John Toshack
John Toshack
John Benjamin Toshack OBE is a Welsh former footballer and manager. He is currently the manager of Macedonia. He has also managed several others clubs including Swansea City, who he took from the Fourth Division to the First in four seasons.As a player, he is remembered for being part of the...
, Peter Beardsley
Peter Beardsley
Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE is an English former footballer who played between 1979 and 1999. He once set a record transfer fee in the game and represented his country 59 times between 1986 and 1996, once as captain...
and John Barnes
John Barnes (footballer)
John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE is an English football manager and former player.During his playing career, Barnes had successful periods at Watford and Liverpool in the 1980s and 1990s, winning the First Division twice, the FA Cup twice, and playing for England 79 times...
amongst others to the managers he worked under, including: Bill Shankly
Bill Shankly
William "Bill" Shankly, OBE was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for managing Liverpool between 1959 and 1974. One of Britain's most successful and respected football managers, Shankly was also a fine player whose career was interrupted by the Second World War...
, Bob Paisley
Bob Paisley
Robert "Bob" Paisley OBE was an English football half back turned manager. His association with Liverpool was to span nearly half a century including his contribution to the club, first as a player, then as a physiotherapist and coach, and finally as manager.In nine years as manager between 1974...
, Joe Fagan
Joe Fagan
Joe Fagan was an English football manager best known for being manager of Liverpool F.C. from 1983 to 1985.- Career:Joe Fagan's playing career was largely spent at Manchester City for whom he signed in 1938...
and Kenny Dalglish
Kenny Dalglish
Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...
. All together he spent twenty years as head scout of Liverpool F.C.
Walkers are Welcome
In 2011, Brampton became the 66th town in the UK to gain Walkers are Welcome status. This innovative new community-led scheme demonstrates Brampton's commitment to making your walking visit an enjoyable one.Obtaining Walkers are Welcome status, as a growing number of communities across Britain are doing, brings a number of benefits. It helps strengthen a town's reputation as a place for visitors to come to enjoy the outdoors, bringing useful benefits to the local economy. It helps to ensure that footpaths and facilities for walkers are maintained in good condition, benefiting local people as well as visitors. It can contribute to local tourism plans and regeneration strategies.
It also allows communities to benefit from the regular networking opportunities with other Walkers are Welcome towns, when experiences are shared informally and new ideas discussed.
Help celebrate Brampton's award by joining three guided walks on Sunday 23rd October at 11:00am outide the town's Moot Hall
Brampton Walkers are Welcome
See also
- Brampton Old ChurchBrampton Old ChurchBrampton Old Church stands about to the west of the town of Brampton, Cumbria, England. It was originally the parish church of Brampton but is now redundant. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.-History:...
- St Martin's Church, BramptonSt Martin's Church, BramptonSt Martin's Church, Brampton, is in Front Street, Brampton, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Brampton, the archdeaconry of Carlisle and the diocese of Carlisle. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building and is the only...
- Brampton, OntarioBrampton, OntarioBrampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806, making it the 11th largest city in Canada. It is also one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, with an average...
External links
- www.bramptonlocal.co.uk Brampton Local- latest news, sport and community information for Brampton
- www.border-wall.com A website for the people of the border. Carlisle and surrounding - user contributions from the people of Brampton
- http://www.bramptoncommunitycentre.org.uk Brampton's local Community Centre