Brancepeth's Great War
The story of a village during World War One
This book was researched and published as part of Brancepeth’s commemoration of World War One.
In 2013 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded a grant to the Brancepeth Archives and History Group to encourage research into several aspects of this tiny village in the First World War. A VAD hospital was established in the Castle and over 4,000 wounded soldiers passed through its doors. The poet and composer Ivor Gurney was a convalescent patient at Brancepeth Castle in March 1918.
To buy a copy of the book for £5 plus P&P please phone 0191 378 0974.
You can also find copies of this book in Durham County Record Office and in local libraries:
Durham County Council Library Online
http://www.durham.gov.uk/libraryonline
Publication date: 2015
Author: Brancepeth Archives and Local History Group
Reference: Record Office Library B259
Where to find this: Durham County Record Office
Contributed by Brancepeth Archives and Local History Group
