Bramper Farm, north Yorkshire

from the lane that leads down to the River Swale photograph taken about 1965	photograph taken 1962/63
Bramper Farm, the farm of Thomas and Esther Smothwaite, parents of Margery Smothwaite (1766-1812), who was the first wife of Robert Dumville (c1767-1857)

'It was peaceful and quiet. The River Swale was about two hundred yards
from the farm but Bramper never flooded because it was on a slight hill.'

These photographs were given to Jill by Mrs. Glynise Dunn,
whose father Fred Ramsay farmed Bramper from approximately 1961 to 1996,
and the excerpt above is from her letter to Jill.

colour photographs taken about 1970

RESEARCH AND TEXT BY JILL HOLROYD - WEB SITE BY MILES HOLROYD
LAST MODIFIED: 7 SEPTEMBER 2003