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3 unusual facts about Branscombe


Branscombe

Performers included the Carducci String Quartet, Philip Higham (cello), Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello with Iain Burnside (piano), the Leo Green Experience jazz band and the Trelights Brass Quintet.

Receiver of Wreck

This was inspired by the wreck of the MSC Napoli which was grounded in Branscombe Bay and subsequently lost many containers which were washed up on the beach before being rifled through by people flocking to the small village.

Thomas Charles Lethbridge

These, however, are generally eclipsed by the much more famous and controversial series of books he wrote at his home, Hole House, in Branscombe, Devon between 1961 and his death in 1971.


Branwalator

Branwalator or Breward, also referred to as Branwalader, was a British saint whose relics lay at Milton Abbas in Dorset and Branscombe in Devon.

Gena Branscombe

After completing her degree, Branscombe taught piano in Chicago from 1903 to 1907 and then took a position as director of the piano department at Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington.


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