Brampton

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Brampton

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Brampton is a small market town with a population of some 4000. It is situated on the east side of Carlisle and is built of local sandstone in a hollow formed by glacial action.

In the centre of the town is the octagonal Moot Hall, built in 1817, with an external staircase to its upper entrance, pointed windows and a square turret.

The building now houses the Tourist Information Centre.North-west of the town is an exceptionally large motte, about 135 feet high. On it is a statue of the 7th Earl of Carlisle.Talkin Tarn Country Park lies two miles south-east of Brampton on the B6413 road to Castle Carrock. There is a 65 acre lake set amid 120 acres of farmland and woodland.

www.visitcumbria.com/car/bramptn.htm

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St Martin's Church

was built in 1878 to replace an earlier one on the same site, which had been erected in 1789. Prior to that the Parish Church had been on the site of a Roman fort a mile and a half away to the north west, beside the River Irthing. The restored remains of the Old Church are also worth a visit; the keys are available at the adjacent farm.

The present church is a splendid example of the work of the Pre-Raphaelites. This is the only church built by the architect Philip Webb and is adorned by windows designed by Edward Burne-Jones and manufactured by William Morris.

Webb intended the structure to reflect the history of this ancient border town; hence the church's fortress-like appearance and battlemented parapets. But at the same time the church was to blend in with the surrounding houses. Note the cottage-like appearance of the vestry at the north-east corner of the church. It is widely spacious with an immediate feeling of symmetry, but a glance at the roof structures over the North and South aisles reveal such feeling of symmetry to be false.

The involvement of such prestigious craftsmen to work on a church in a remote corner of England was due to the keen interest and kind patronage of the Howard family at nearby Naworth Castle, particularly Charles and his son George, who later became the ninth Earl of Carlisle.

George Howard was an able artist and friend of the Pre-Raphaelites, and a keen patron of Philip Webb, who had built two houses for the Naworth Castle Estate. George worked in close collaboration with Henry Whitehead the then vicar and their drive and energy saw the work through to its completion. The church was consecrated on 11 November 1878.

www.stmartinsbrampton.org.uk

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Hunley Moss
Pat and Richard Armstrong
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Places to see:
Talkin Tarn
Teesdale
Hexham
Dumfries
SouthTyne
Blanchland
Kielder
Hadrian's Wall
The Solway
Carlisle City Centre Shopping
The Lanes, Carlisle
Gretna Green Outlet Village
Longtown
Brampton
Second Hand Bookshops
Pub Food
Geltsdale Brewery
Harris Museum
Carlisle Cathedral

Things to do:
Fishing
Walking
Cycling
Riding
Birdwatching
Wildlife watching
Sailing
Canoeing
Open water swimming

Things to do at the cottage
Birdwatching
Wildlife watching
Play house and swing
The large lawned garden over looking the moss
Games
Books
Cooking with the fine local farm produce
Painting
Photography
Visitor reading list

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