Brampton is a market town and civil parish in the Cumberland unitary authority of Cumbria, England. It is 9 miles (14 km) east of Carlisle and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Hadrian's Wall. Historically part of Cumberland, it is situated off the A69 road which bypasses it.
| Brampton | |
|---|---|
| Town and parish | |
 The Moot Hall in the market place in Brampton in 2008 | |
  Brampton Location in the former City of Carlisle district  Brampton Location within Cumbria | |
| Population | 4,627 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NY530609 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRAMPTON |
| Postcode district | CA8 |
| Dialling code | 016977 / 01697 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
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.
History
editThe town is thought to have been founded in the 7th century as an Anglian settlement.[3]
The place-name 'Brampton' is first attested in Charter Rolls of 1252, where it appears as Braunton. In the Taxatio Ecclesiastica of 1291 it appears as Brampton. The name derives from the Old English 'Brōm-tūn', meaning "town or settlement where broom grew".[4]
Its original church survives a couple of miles away to the west as Brampton Old Church, on the site of a Stanegate Roman fort.[5]
The town is overlooked by the large medieval motte known as The Mote, which is surmounted by a statue of George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle.[6]
Brampton was granted a Market Charter in 1252 by King Henry III, and became a market town as a result.[7]
During the Jacobite rising of 1745, Charles Edward Stuart ('Bonnie Prince Charlie') stayed in the town for one night, marked by a plaque on the wall of the building (an antique shop) currently occupying the location; here he received the Mayor of Carlisle who had been summoned to Brampton to surrender the city to the Young Pretender. The Capon Tree Monument, to the south of the town centre, commemorates the 1746 hanging of six Jacobites from the branches of the Capon Tree, Brampton's hitherto traditional trysting place.[8]
The octagonal Moot Hall, which is in the centre of Brampton and houses the tourist information office, was commissioned by Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle in 1817.[9]
It replaced a 1648 building which was once used by Oliver Cromwell to house prisoners. To the right of its door can be seen the old town iron stocks affixed to the pavement.[10]
Brampton was granted Fairtrade status on 6 January 2005, becoming one of the first hundred towns in the UK to be recognised in this way.[11]
In 2011, Brampton became the 66th town in the United Kingdom and the second in Cumbria to gain Walkers are Welcome status.[12]
Transport
editBrampton railway station, on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, which is about a mile outside the town, opened in 1836.[13]
Governance
editBrampton is in the parliamentary constituency of Penrith and the Border. Neil Hudson was elected its Conservative Member of Parliament at the 2019 General Election, replacing Rory Stewart. Mark Green is the current standing mayor
Before Brexit, it was in the North West England European Parliamentary Constituency.
Education
editBrampton's secondary school is the William Howard School, known as 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.
Culture
editWilliam Howard School was host to 'Brampton Live' every summer, an ever-growing music festival that, after its first appearance in 1995, became the largest folk/roots/world music festival in the North of England. Major artists included the Levellers, the Waterboys, Egudo Embako, Richard Thompson, Suzanne Vega, Loudon Wainwright III, Altan, Tommy Emmanuel, Seth Lakeman and many others. The last 'Brampton Live' took place in 2009 and has been, to a certain extent, replaced in 2012 by the 'Stepping Stones Festival'[14] organised by Maddy Prior (of Steeleye Span) held in early May at the Brampton Community Centre.
Media
editLocal news and television programmes are provided by BBC North East and Cumbria and ITV Border. Television signals are received from the Caldbeck TV transmitter.[15] Local radio stations are BBC Radio Cumbria on 95.6 FM, CRFM - Community Radio Station for Carlisle and surrounding area on 102.7FM Greatest Hits Radio Cumbria & South West Scotland on 96.4 FM. The town is served by the local newspaper, News and Star.[16]
Sport
editThe Brampton to Carlisle 10 Mile Road Race organised by Border Harriers & Athletic Club is the oldest 10 mile road race in the United Kingdom and is held in November.[17] The first race was completed in 1952. Previous winners include Steve Cram and Ron Hill.
Weather
editBrampton has a Met Office Weather Station,[18] established in 1999. It records weather data on a daily basis, which is forwarded to the Met Office.[19]
| Climate data for Brampton, 117m asl, | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
28.8 (83.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
16.9 (62.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
7.1 (44.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.1 (53.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.3 (48.7) |
7.0 (44.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
1.4 (34.5) |
2.4 (36.3) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
6.9 (44.4) |
3.9 (39.0) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.9 (42.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
0.8 (33.4) |
5.2 (41.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−12.1 (10.2) |
−12.1 (10.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 89.7 (3.53) |
71.7 (2.82) |
61.7 (2.43) |
44.5 (1.75) |
64.0 (2.52) |
74.7 (2.94) |
93.3 (3.67) |
96.0 (3.78) |
85.6 (3.37) |
100.3 (3.95) |
91.6 (3.61) |
98.4 (3.87) |
975.5 (38.41) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 34.6 | 61.1 | 96.0 | 156.9 | 187.1 | 155.3 | 161.7 | 164.2 | 125.1 | 74.2 | 53.8 | 25.5 | 1,226.2 |
| Source: Met Office[20] | |||||||||||||
Notable residents
editGeoff Twentyman, a footballer who made over 150 appearances each for both Carlisle United and Liverpool, was born and brought up in Brampton; 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. Altogether he spent twenty years as head scout of Liverpool F.C.[21]
Li Yuan-chia (1929–1994), was a notable Chinese artist, poet and curator, and a significant influence on contemporary Chinese art. Born in Guangxi province, he lived the last twenty-six years of his life in Brampton, Cumbria, where he founded the LYC Gallery and Museum, which exhibited his own works and those of other notable artists.
Brampton and Beyond Community Trust
editBrampton and Beyond Community Trust is a community-based development trust serving Brampton and the surrounding area in north east Cumbria. The Trust is a registered company and a registered charity.[22] The Trust aims to provide accessible, affordable and responsive services for local people and seeks to be self-financing. In 2011, Brampton and Beyond Community Trust formally took over the assets of the former Brampton Community Association, together with responsibility for the operation of the Brampton Community Centre. Subsequently, in 2015 the Trust negotiated the asset transfer of site which Brampton Community Centre occupies from Cumbria County Council making the Trust both the owners and operators of Brampton Community Centre.
See also
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External links
edit- Cumbria County History Trust: Brampton (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
References
edit- ^ "Parish/Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Brampton Parish Council". Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ Cumbria Directory: Brampton
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.60.
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Martin, Brampton (1087645)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 July 2013
- ^ "Howard Monument". Old Cumbria Gazeteer. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "BBC - Domesday Reloaded: TRADE: Brampton Market". Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.
- ^ Brampton page on www.wordsworthcountry.com (Lake District information site)
- ^ Historic England. "Moot Hall (1137330)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ Brampton Online Archived 22 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Cumbria Fairtrade Network". Cumbriafairtrade.org.uk. 6 January 2005. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Brampton Walkers are Welcome". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ Joy, David (1983). The Lake Counties - (A Regional history of the railways of Great Britain). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 270. ISBN 0-946537-02-X.
- ^ Stepping Stones Festival
- ^ "Full Freeview on the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmitter". UK Free TV. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "News and Star". British Papers. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Our Races". Borderharriers.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Synoptic and climate stations". Met Office. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Met Office reference Brampton NO3 7076."Brampton Weather Home". www.bramptonweather.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "Brampton climate normals 1981-2010". Met Office. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Tribute to Geoff Twentyman" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ "Brampton and Beyond Community Trust". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
