This page brings together films made at Brampton Old Church, the principal published studies of the building and Roman fort, the official heritage record, and resources for investigating the churchyard's memorials.
Brampton Old Church on film
These independent YouTube videos offer two different introductions to the church and its setting.
A short visit to Brampton Old Church
A concise visual introduction to the building and its churchyard.
Open on YouTubeExploring Brampton Old Church
A longer film taking in the building, the burial ground and their history.
Open on YouTubeTransactions articles
Two articles in the Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society are central to the study of the site.
Notes on Brampton Old Church
Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Vol. 82 (1982), pp. 73–90.
A detailed architectural and historical study of the surviving church, its fabric, development and earlier form.
Open the article via DOIdoi:10.5284/1061834
Report of the Cumberland Excavation Committee for 1935: 3. The Roman Fort on the Stanegate, and Other Remains, at Old Church, Brampton
Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Vol. 36 (1936), pp. 172–182.
The published report of the 1935 excavation that identified the Roman fort's defences and principal internal buildings.
Open the article via DOIdoi:10.5284/1063075
Historic England's official list entry
Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
- List entry
- 1014586
- First listed
- 30 August 1938
- Heritage Category
- Scheduled Monument
The record explains the national importance of the Roman fort, the upstanding and buried remains of the medieval church, and the archaeological potential of the site.
Open the Historic England recordMemorial inscriptions and medieval stones
These resources support family-history research and the study of the carved medieval grave covers preserved at the Old Church.
Brampton Old and New Churches: Memorial Inscriptions
Published by the Cumbria Family History Society and listed through Parish Chest. Provides downloadable memorial inscriptions with biographical information for family history research.
Check the Parish Chest listingThe Medieval Cross Slab Grave Covers in Cumbria
An illustrated and annotated study of Cumbria's surviving medieval cross-slab grave covers, including material relating to examples at Brampton Old Church.
View the book at Books CumbriaSelf-Guided Graveyard Tour
Use the Trust's free eight-page booklet to locate fifteen memorials and medieval grave covers, with a numbered map and concise stories.
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