Tag Archives: Upminster Hall

Picturing the Branfill Family – The Final Chapter?

Posted on 12/06/2025 by hurdler46

My last post updated the story of various portraits owned by the Branfill family with the discovery that several of the paintings which hung in Upminster Hall were sold at auction in 2023 and that a family member still owned … Continue reading →

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Picturing the Branfill family

Posted on 11/12/2021 by hurdler46

The Branfill family of Upminster Hall were prominent landowners in Upminster for over two hundred years from 1685 but we have had no images to show us what they looked like. Upminster’s historian Thomas Lewis Wilson recorded a long list … Continue reading →

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The Branfills at Upminster Hall

Posted on 04/08/2020 by hurdler46

The aftermath of the recent Black Lives Matters protests has thrown a spotlight on historic figures who had links with the slave trade. Upminster has not escaped this scrutiny which has brought to light unpleasant local connections with the Branfills … Continue reading →

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