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BRAMPTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 418 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRAMPTON , a See also:

market See also:town in the Eskdale See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cumberland, See also:England, 9 M. E.N.E. of See also:Carlisle, on a See also:branch of the See also:North Eastern railway. Pop. (1901) 2494. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley opening upon that of the Irthing. The town ha s an agricultural See also:trade, breweries, and manufactures of See also:cotton and tweeds. The neighbourhood is See also:rich in See also:historical associations. Two See also:miles N.E. of Brampton is the See also:castle of Naworth, a See also:fine example of a Border fortress. It was built in the reign of See also:Edward III., by a member of the See also:family of Dacre, who for many generations had had their stronghold here. Overlooking a deep wooded See also:ravine, with streams to the See also:east and See also:west, the See also:great quadrangular castle was naturally defended except on the See also:south, where it was rendered secure by a See also:double See also:moat and drawbridge. By See also:marriage in 1577 with See also:Lady See also:Elizabeth Dacre it passed into the hands of See also:William See also:Howard, afterwards See also:lord See also:warden of the See also:Marches, the " Belted Will of See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott and the Border See also:ballads, who acquired great fame by his victories over the Scottish See also:moss-troopers. The castle, the walls of which have many See also:secret passages and hiding-places, is inhabited, and in its See also:hall are numerous fine pictures, including a portrait of See also:Charles I. by See also:Van Dyck.

Not far distant is Lanercost Priory, where in 1169 an Augustinian monastery was established. In 1311 See also:

Robert See also:Bruce and his See also:army were quartered here, and the priory was pillaged in 1346 by See also:David, See also:king of See also:Scotland. From this See also:time its prosperity declined, and at its See also:dissolution under See also:Henry VIII. it consisted only of a See also:prior and seven canons. The See also:Early See also:English See also:church has a restored See also:nave, but retains much fine See also:carving. The See also:chancel is ruined, but the interesting See also:crypt is preserved.

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