Bradley Burn is a family run farm and we have been farming here since the 1930s.
Our family name is Stephenson. Thomas and Helen Stephenson grew up in Swaledale and Wensleydale respectively. They came to the farm soon after they married. This was just before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Going back through the centuries the land has been farmed by Keenlysides, Mawsons, Strakers, Bowes (for nearly 300 years) and, in medieval times, by the Tempests and the Eures of Witton.
The earliest known inhabitant was called Roger of Bradley and his name was recorded in the Boldon Book in 1189.
Our family name is Stephenson. Thomas and Helen Stephenson grew up in Swaledale and Wensleydale respectively. They came to the farm soon after they married. This was just before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Going back through the centuries the land has been farmed by Keenlysides, Mawsons, Strakers, Bowes (for nearly 300 years) and, in medieval times, by the Tempests and the Eures of Witton.
The earliest known inhabitant was called Roger of Bradley and his name was recorded in the Boldon Book in 1189.
