IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Brancepeth, DURHAM, DH7 8EA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to DH7 8EA by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (26 Images Found)
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Brancepeth Golf Course
Brancepeth is a village close to Durham city effectively cut in two by the A690; the golf course lies on the south side of the road and east of the church.
Image: © Trevor Littlewood
Taken: 3 May 2011
0.12 miles
2
Brancepeth Church
St.Brandon's, Brancepeth.
Tower is 12thC. The nave and transepts 13th-14thC. The chancel roof is 17thC, and the whole church was tastefully remodelled in the 19thC.
Inside there are monuments to: Robert Neville - 1319; Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland - 1484; Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl - 1523.
Brasses to: Sir Thomas Claxton - 1403; Richard Drax (monk) - 1456.
The church is down a lane that says private, but is not!
Image: © Matthew Hatton
Taken: Unknown
0.13 miles
3
Chancel of St Brandon's
The rebuild of Image was undertaken in a deliberately simple style with a minimum of liturgical furniture. It is intended to replace this temporary plain east window with something more attractive.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 23 Sep 2008
0.16 miles
4
St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth
Founded in the 12th century, http://www.northeastengland.talktalk.net/DurhamCityVillages.htm the Church was burned down in 1998. The interior has been tastefully renovated (rather than restored to its original state) and the Church was rededicated in 2005. http://www.dur.ac.uk/change-ringers.society/brancepeth/Brancepeth.html
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 14 Apr 2007
0.16 miles
5
The Church of St Brandon at Brancepeth
Viewed from the south-east.
Image: © Peter Wood
Taken: 31 Mar 2017
0.16 miles
6
Brancepeth war memorial
In the churchyard of Image
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 23 Sep 2008
0.16 miles
8
New window in St Brandon's
When the church was rebuilt after a fire it was decided not to use stained glass, but the new glazing is in the 'Northumbrian style' where the artistic design is in the patterns of lead that frame the pieces of glass.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 23 Sep 2008
0.17 miles
9
St Brandon Church, Brancepeth, Porch
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 24 Aug 2011
0.17 miles
