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List of poor law unions in England


PLUs; Link to 1930 map showing Dorset PLUs Link to 1888 map showing County Durham PLUs; Link to 1909 map showing County Durham PLUs; Link to 1930 map showing County Durham PLUs Link to 1888 map showing Essex PLUs; Link to 1909 map showing Essex PLUs; Link to 1927 map showing Essex PLUs Link to 1888 map showing Gloucestershire PLUs; Link to 1909 map showing Gloucestershire PLUs; Link to 1928 map showing Gloucestershire PLUs Link to 1888 map showing Hampshire PLUs; Link to 1907 map showing Hampshire PLUs; Link to 1927
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Augustine Ryther


Augustine Ryther (died 1593) was an English engraver and translator. He engraved some of Christopher Saxton's maps of English counties. He also made scientific instruments. Ryther was associated with engraving maps of the counties of England published by Saxton in 1579. His name appears as the engraver of the maps of County Durham and Westmoreland (1576), Gloucester and York (1577), and that of the whole of England, signed ‘Augustinus Ryther Anglus Sculpsit Ano Dñi 1579.’ His name appears in 1588 with those of
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Gainford, County Durham


Gainford on Tees is a village on the north bank of the River Tees in County Durham, England. It is half-way between Barnard Castle and Darlington, near Winston, at OS map reference NZ 1716. Legend has it that residents on the two sides of the river disputed ownership of a ford across the Tees. In the eventual battle, residents of the Durham side of the river gained the ford, and their village became known as "Gainford". On the Yorkshire side of the river lies the site of
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Sacriston


Sacriston is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, situated north of the city of Durham. Although the area has been populated since the Bronze Age, the first recorded settlement dated back to the 13th century to Sacristan's Heugh. According to old maps it was once known as "Segerston Heugh" and is now known to local people as "Segga". This farm and manor house was once the residence of the Sacristan, a monk who held the Office of the Sacristan of the monastery at Durham Cathedral
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Borough of Stockton-on-Tees


county borough, along with part of "Stockton Rural District" in County Durham and part of Stokesley Rural District from the North Riding. At that time it was designated a non-metropolitan district of Cleveland. It became a unitary authority on 1 April 1996. For ceremonial purposes the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire, along the line of the River Tees as shown in the map (left) with County Durham to the north and North Yorkshire to the south. It is the only council area in England
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Gough Map


the strategic importance of rivers is shown by their emphasis. Well known but geographically small features such as the Peninsula in Durham are also overly-prominent. The map contains numerous references to mythology as if they were geographical fact, as illustrated by comments about Brutus' mythical landings in Devon. Nevertheless, it remains the most accurate map of Britain prior to the 16th century. A notable feature of the Gough Map is the disjointed network, across much of England and Wales, of narrow red lines drawn between settlements. With few
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Geology of County Durham


and Durham County Council have published local geodiversity action plans (or 'LGAPs') which summarise an area's geological interests and propose various measures to conserve what is perceived to be valuable. The North Pennines AONB was designated as Britain's first European Geopark in 2003 partly in acknowledgement of its geological and geomorphological interest. The AONB and Geopark extend beyond the boundaries of County Durham to include parts of Northumberland and Cumbria. British Geological Survey 1:50,000 scale geological map series sheets (England and Wales) 19 - 21, 25 - 27
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River Wear


The River Wear (, ) in North East England rises in the Pennines and flows eastwards, mostly through County Durham to the North Sea in the City of Sunderland. At long, it is one of the region's longest rivers, wends in a steep valley through the cathedral city of Durham and gives its name to Weardale in its upper reach and Wearside by its mouth. The origin behind the hydronym "Wear" is uncertain but is generally understood to be Celtic. The "River Vedra" on the Roman Map of
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Dawdon


Dawdon is a former pit community to the south of Seaham, County Durham, England. An area of the beach near Dawdon (known locally as "the Blast", a former waste coal dumping site) was used in the opening scenes of the film Alien 3. The township of Dawdon (commonly spelled Dawden on old records and maps) consisted of an area of 1,088 acres between the Durham coast and the townships of Seaham, Dalton-le-Dale and Cold Hesledon. Seaham Harbour was built in the township.
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Stockton-on-Tees


of the Tees Valley region. For ceremonial purposes the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire, along the line of the River Tees as shown in the map (left) with County Durham to the north and North Yorkshire to the south. It is the only council area in England or Wales to be split between two ceremonial counties. Stockton is located on the north bank of the River Tees. The town's extreme northern and western areas are located on slightly higher ground than the town centre, which is located
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David S. Wall


David S. Wall FRSA FAcSS is Professor of Criminology at the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds, Leeds, England where he researches and teaches cybercrime, policing, organised and transnational crime and intellectual property crime. He rejoined Leeds University in August 2015 from Durham University, Durham, England where he was Professor of Criminology. Between 2011 and 2014 he was Head of the School of Applied Social Sciences (SASS). Before moving to Durham in 2010 he was Professor of Criminal Justice and Information Society
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List of hundreds of England and Wales


of Scarvedale, Hamestan, Morlestan, Walecross, and Apultre, and a district called Peche-fers. Divided into hundreds by 1273. From GENUKI  (based on the 1868 Gazette): In 1850 there were thirty-two hundreds in Devon according to "White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Devonshire" County Durham was divided into wards, analogous to hundreds. From an 1840 map of County Durham . According to essex1841.com  the 1841 census also recorded Harwich hundred, which the Victoria County History places within Tendring. The
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Durham Students' Union


Durham Students' Union (DSU) is the students' union of Durham University in Durham, England. It is an organisation, originally set up as the Durham Colleges Students’ Representative Council in 1899 and renamed in 1969, with the intention of representing and providing welfare and services for the students of the University of Durham. The Students' Union occupies and manages Dunelm House, a university-owned building in the centre of Durham where a wide variety of student activities take place. Designed by "Architects Co-Partnership"
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U.S. Route 501 in North Carolina


Between 1960-1962, US 501 was bypassed around Laurinburg. North Carolina Highway 13 was an original state highway running from Durham, north through Rougemont and Roxboro ending at SR 18 at the Virginia State Line. The highway's routing appeared on the 1916 Highway Map by the North Carolina State Highway Commission for the five year federal aid program. However NC 13 was not officially marked on any state highway maps until 1924; where it was routed from NC 10/NC 75 in Durham north through Rougemont and Timberlake to NC 57
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Blackett


the counties of Durham and Northumberland in the North of England. Blackett and Blacket is also found in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Barbados and the United States of America. The origins of the Blackett family can be traced back to the County of Durham in the North East of England, where almost all early instances occur. The most predominant line appears to stem from Woodcroft in County Durham and representatives were to be found in surrounding parishes of Hamsterley, Stanhope, Witton and Brancepeth. The arms of Thomas Blacket (1525–1603
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Durham, England


River Wear which opened in 2007: The club takes part in the government scheme playing for success where it uses sport to combine rowing, science, computers and video to help boost literacy and numeracy. Durham University rowing is divided into two sections: Durham University Boat Club and Durham College Rowing, the latter comprises 16 college boat clubs. The River Wear is host to a number of regattas and head races throughout the year. These include: Durham Regatta has been held on the River Wear in Durham since 1834. It is
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List of Durham University people


This is a list of people associated with Durham University, founded in 1832 in England. This includes alumni, those who have taught there, done research there or were involved in its founding. Durham is a collegiate university, so where known and if applicable, they are shown alongside their associated college. Durham alumni are active through organizations and events such as the annual reunions, dinners and balls. 67 Durham associations ranging from international to college and sports affiliated groups cater for the more than 109,000 living alumni. A number of
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Toronto, County Durham


Toronto is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a mile to the north-west of Bishop Auckland and was represented in Wear Valley District Council until that authority was merged into Durham County Council in April 2009. In the 2001 census Toronto had a population of 399. The village is named after Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The name is derived from the Mohawk word "tkaronto", meaning "place where trees stand in the water". A coal baron with land in County Durham was visiting
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Third-oldest university in England debate


at UCL and James Finlay Weir Johnston at Durham). The OED definition thus places Durham, where students studied for degrees from 1833, as the third oldest and UCL and King's, where the first students matriculated in the University of London in 1838, as joint fourth. The Collins definition, by requiring both education and degree awarding powers, clearly favours Durham as London had the degree awarding powers but was an examining body rather than an educational institution, while UCL and King's were both educational institutions but without degree awarding
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River Wear


hills between Killhope Law and Burnhope Seat, the head of the river is held to be in Wearhead, County Durham at the confluence of Burnhope Burn and Killhope Burn. This is shown on Ordnance Survey maps, and on the County Durham GIS online. However, a map produced by Durham County Council, and used on an interpretation board at Cowshill shows the River Wear taking in the northwest Killhope Burn from Wearhead up to Killhope. Excepting that this apparent extension of the Wear is an error, it can be assumed that there
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David Parker (chemist)


David Parker (born 30 July 1956) is an English chemist and professor at the University of Durham. David Parker was born in Leadgate, County Durham, the descendant of musical, mining families and the third child of a bank clerk and primary school teacher. He grew up in Durham, England and was educated at Durham Johnston School and briefly at King Edward VI High School, Stafford. Having gained an Open Exhibition scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford, he read Chemistry at the University of Oxford, where he gained a
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Durham, England


been in continuous use for over 900 years. Durham is home to Durham University. It was founded as the University of Durham (which remains its official and legal name) by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837. It was one of the first universities to open in England for more than 600 years, and is claimed to be England's third oldest after the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Durham University has an international reputation for excellence, as reflected by its ranking in the top 100 of
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Third-oldest university in England debate


into Scotland in 2007, when The Guardian mistakenly called Durham the "third oldest university in the UK" (rather than in England). In 2016, "Durham Magazine" published an article on the debate, concluding that "Despite all the above arguments, most people consider Durham to be England’s third oldest university". "The Telegraph" noted the debate in 2018, saying "Durham University claims to be the third oldest university in England (a title also claimed by University College London)". Judging a
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Durham County Record Office


Much of County Durham was historically owned by the Bishops of Durham and by Durham Cathedral: some manorial records are held by Durham University Library) (Archives of the Earls of Durham are at Lambton Castle, and those of Lord Barnard are at Raby Castle). Other families' records, including Pease, Backhouse, Mounsey and other Darlington Quaker families, Watson of Barnard Castle Antiquarian collections such as the Bowes Museum collection and the Greenwell Deeds A comprehensive collection of Ordnance Survey plans and other maps The Durham Light Infantry regimental archives Local
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Neasham


Neasham is a village approximately four miles to the south east of Darlington in County Durham, England. The village sits on the banks of the River Tees which, at that point, marks the border between the counties of Durham and North Yorkshire. The crossing at the River Tees at Neasham is the point of the great road north and the point where the bishops crossed into Co Durham (the Land of the Prince Bishops). The layout of Neasham consists of one main street, Teesway, which runs west to east for
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Helen-Ann Hartley


Hartley was born Helen-Ann Francis on 28 May 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was baptised in Coldingham Priory, Coldingham, Berwickshire, where her father was the minister. She spent her childhood in Sunderland, England. Her father was a Church of Scotland minister but the family moved to Anglicanism in the 1980s. In 1987, her father became a Church of England priest and served in the Diocese of Durham; he was later made an honorary canon of Durham Cathedral; and Helen-Ann's mother also later became
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68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)


(with the Royal Scots and the 64th regiment) to retake St. Lucia, the 68th was in reserve for the fighting and remained as the island garrison. In February 1805, having lost 500 dead and 170 invalided to England, the regiment was moved to St. Vincent, and in April to Antigua. Here they stayed until June 1806, when it embarked for England with 140 men. The regiment spent the winter in Ripon, where by December 1807, after receiving recruits and drafts from militias from Ireland, Durham and West
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Constantine Scollen


in 1847 during the Great Famine and his father moved to England and worked as a warehouseman in Manningham, Bradford silk mill, West Yorkshire. He then married his cousin, Catherine McEvoy, in 1851, and later moved his family to Crook, County Durham, England where he found work as a coal-miner. Scollen received a classical education at Ushaw College ("St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw Moor, a Catholic seminary from 1808 until 2011") on the outskirts of the city of Durham and just a
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Joseph Cassidy (priest)


Joseph Patrick Michael Cassidy (11 August 1954 – 28 March 2015) was a Canadian-born priest in the Church of England, theologian and academic. He was formerly a Roman Catholic priest and Jesuit. He was Principal of St Chad's College at Durham University, England and a member of the university's theology department. He was also a non-residentiary canon of Durham Cathedral. Cassidy was born on 11 August 1954 in Westmount, Quebec, Canada. He grew up on the West Island of Montreal, where he
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Durham Cathedral


The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a cathedral in the city of Durham, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Durham, the fourth-ranked bishop in the Church of England hierarchy. The present cathedral was begun in 1093, replacing the Saxon 'White Church', and is regarded as one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in Europe. In 1986 the cathedral and Durham
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Christine M. Durham


and the family went to French schools and learned French. In the early 1960s, Durham moved to New England to attend Wellesley College, a women's college, where she met her husband, George Durham. It was also at this time that she received her patriarchal blessing from the Boston Stake patriarch (she was and is a Mormon), that said things that had a role in her decision to study law. She graduated in 1967 with an A.B. with Honors. She then went to Boston College for law to be
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Durham, England


the River Wear. There they erected a shelter for the relics, on the spot where the Durham Cathedral would later stand. Symeon states that a modest wooden building erected there shortly later was the first building in the city. Bishop Aldhun subsequently had a stone church built, which was dedicated in September 998. It no longer remains, having been supplanted by the Norman structure. The legend is interpreted by a Victorian relief stone carving on the south face of the cathedral and, more recently, by the bronze sculpture 'Durham
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William Campbell (metallographer)


William Campbell, D.Sc., Ph.D., M.A. (1876–1936) was an English metallurgist, born at Newcastle on Tyne, England. He was graduated at the Durham College of Science of Durham University in 1898, and at Columbia University (Ph.D., 1903). He lectured on geology and metallurgy at Durham, and on geology at Columbia University where he became full professor of metallurgy in 1917. During 1907-1911, he was metallographer to the United States Geodetic Survey. He worked at the Bureau of Mines and lectured at
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Turgot of Durham


Thorgaut or Turgot (c. 1050-1115) (sometimes, Thurgot) was Archdeacon and Prior of Durham, and Bishop of Saint Andrews. Turgot came from the Kingdom of Lindsey in Lincolnshire. After the Norman conquest he was held as a hostage, but escaped to Norway, where he taught king Olaf psalmody. In about 1074 he returned to England and became a clerk at Jarrow monastery. He then became a monk at Wearmouth, and in 1087 he was appointed prior of the monastery at Durham, from 1093 combining this
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Durham Ox


to John Day of Harmston, near Lincoln, for £250 ("2010: £" ). Day renamed him the Durham Ox and had a carriage specially made to transport him, drawn by four horses. For the next five years the ox toured with him around England and Scotland, exhibited to the public at agricultural fairs and other events. The ox proved extremely popular. For most of 1802 the Durham Ox was on show in London, where it is recorded that in one single day admission fees to see him
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Durham University Men's Lacrosse Club


Durham University Men's Lacrosse Club represents the University of Durham in the sport of lacrosse. In 2012, Durham University Men's Lacrosse Club was awarded English Lacrosse High Performance University status. In 2014, Durham was defeated by the England Men's National Team. In 2017, Durham defeated the England Men's National Team. The team competes in the Cathedral Cup against Pellicani Bocconi Lacrosse. They are set to play Reading University Men’s Lacrosse first team in what will be a challenging fixture for Durham. The club successfully run a
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Durham, California


Durham is a census-designated place (CDP) in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 5,518 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.19%) is water. Durham's main agricultural products are almonds and walnuts. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Durham has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. Durham was an experimental
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Percy John Heawood


Percy John Heawood (8 September 1861 Newport, Shropshire, England – 24 January 1955 Durham, England) was a British mathematician educated at Queen Elizabeth's School, Ipswich, and Exeter College, Oxford. He spent his career at Durham University, where he was appointed Lecturer in 1885. He was, successively, Censor of St Cuthbert's Society between 1897 and 1901 succeeding Frank Byron Jevons in the role, Senior Proctor of the university from 1901, Professor in 1910 and Vice-Chancellor between 1926 and 1928. He was
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Hugh Turner (theologian)


chaplain during the Second World War. In 1950, Tutner moved to Durham in North East England, where he joined its university as Lightfoot Professor of Divinity and its cathedral as a Canon Residentiary. He changed chairs in 1958, and served as Van Mildert Professor of Divinity until his retirement in 1974. He additionally served as Sub-Dean of Durham Cathedral from 1959 to 1974. Turner was born on 14 January 1907 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He was educated at King Edward VII School, then an all-boys
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Mike Roseberry


Michael Anthony Roseberry (born 28 November 1966 in Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham) is a former English cricketer. Mike Roseberry was educated at Durham School, where he formed a reputation as an all-round sportsman. As an exciting right-handed batsman, he was honoured by The Cricket Society. He represented Middlesex in two spells (1984–1994; Cap 1990 and 1999–2001), Durham (1995–1998; Captain 1995-1996) and the England A team in a seventeen-year career, which promised much but
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James Wood (critic)


zoology at Durham University, and Sheila Graham Wood, née Lillia, a schoolteacher from Scotland. Wood was raised in Durham in an evangelical wing of the Church of England, an environment he describes as austere and serious. He was educated at Durham Chorister School and Eton College, both on music scholarships. He read English Literature at Jesus College, Cambridge, where in 1988 he graduated with a First. After Cambridge, Wood "holed up in London in a vile house in Herne Hill, and started trying to make it
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Durham, England


and extreme temperatures back to 1850 for the Met Office weather station in Durham: Like the rest of the United Kingdom, Durham has a temperate climate. At the average annual rainfall is lower than the national average of . Equally there are only around 122 days where more than of rain falls compared with a national average of 154.4 days. The area sees on average 1445.4 hours of sunshine per year, compared with a national average of 1125.0 hours. There is frost on 51.5 days compared with a national average of 55.6 days.
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Durham University


Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to open in England for more than 600 years, after Oxford and Cambridge, and is thus one of the institutions to be described as the third-oldest university in England. As a collegiate university its main functions are divided between the academic departments of the university and its 16 colleges. In general,
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History of Durham University


charter, Durham went further than other universities in opening up courses not only in Arts and Science but also in medicine, the College of Medicine becoming the first mixed medical school in England. In 1900 women could study medicine in England at Durham or the London School of Medicine for Women. By 1901, the London School of Medicine for Women was affiliated to Durham, enabling students there to take Durham degrees. Durham graduate Thomas Wilkinson became Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in 1889 and president of the Catholic seminary, Ushaw College,
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Durham W.F.C.


Durham Women Football Club is a women's football club based in Durham, North East England. The team has competed in the FA Women's Championship, the second tier of Women's football in England, since 2014 having been awarded a licence in its inaugural season. They play their home games at New Ferens Park, Belmont. Durham W.F.C. was founded in 2014 as a collaboration between South Durham & Cestria Girls and Durham University. Prior to that, Cestria, founded in 2006 as a youth team by Lee Sanders, had
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Durham MCC University


Durham MCC University (previously known as Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence) is a cricket coaching centre based at Durham University in Durham, County Durham, England, and the name under which the university's cricket team plays. The coaching centre is largely funded by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). As of 2012 (with the inclusion of Cardiff South Wales and Leeds/Bradford), they are one of six MCC University teams in England who are considered a first-class team when playing against other first-class
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Thomas Triplett


(Cartwright). Triplett was educated at St Paul's School, London and Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated M.A. in 1625. In the 1630s Triplett was rector of various parishes in County Durham in the north of England, including Washington (where George Washington's ancestors originated). He was appointed to a canonry at York in 1641, another at Salisbury in 1645, and yet another at Durham in 1648 or 1649. Triplett's career was interrupted by the English Civil War and the Commonwealth period, when cathedrals and
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Leo Blair


, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (Tony Blair), was born in 1953 and also became a barrister before becoming a politician and (in 1997) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. At the end of 1954 the family moved to Adelaide, Australia for 3 years, where Blair lectured in law at the University of Adelaide. Blair and his family later returned to England, living in Durham, where Blair lectured in Law at Durham University Law School. He was a member of St Cuthbert's Society, one of the university
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Durham Regatta


Durham Regatta is a rowing regatta held annually on the second weekend in June on the River Wear in Durham, North East of England. Known as the Henley of the North, Durham Regatta was formed several years before the more prestigious namesake Henley Royal Regatta. Durham Regatta is the second oldest rowing regatta in England, preceded only by Chester Regatta. The first regatta was held over 17–19 June 1834, opening with a six oared race in 1834 won by "Velocity", owned by W. L. Wharton, High Sheriff of Durham
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Durham Tees Valley Airport


Teesside International Airport , known previously as Durham Tees Valley Airport, is an international airport located just east of Darlington in County Durham, north-east England, just west of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, north-east England about south-west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. The airport serves the North East and North Yorkshire, and is situated close to the village of Middleton St George in County Durham. Teesside International Airport is one of the United Kingdom's smaller airports, offering links to two domestic
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Langley Park, County Durham


Langley Park is a village in County Durham, England. The historic city of Durham lies to the east whilst the larger city of Newcastle upon Tyne is to the north. The village has a wide variety of shops and amenities and is also home to Diggerland, where children of all ages can take control of a variety of heavy machinery and take rides over the former colliery ground on bulldozers and Landrovers. The village has a primary school which includes nursery, reception, infant and junior classes. The Lanchester Valley Railway Path runs
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Abdul Qayum Sher


many books and a role model for many women in Pakistan. They had five children, three of whom survive them. Abdul Qayum Sher was born into the prominent Shinwari tribe of Pathans and his father Khan Mohammed Azam Khan was engineer with the Indian Civil Service. At an early age Abdul Qayum Sher was sent first to Switzerland and then onto Durham in England, where he attended Durham High School and then Durham College. He participated in sports and was active in the rowing and rugby teams at school level. At the outbreak
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Arthur James Dingle


Arthur "Mud" James Dingle (16 October 1891 – 22 August 1915) was a rugby union centre and wing, who won three caps for England, and played for County Durham, Hartlepool Rovers and Oxford University. He was born and raised in County Durham, attending Durham School, where he was head boy and excelled at many sports, especially rugby. He went on to study at Keble College, Oxford, playing rugby for the college and captaining the team in his final year. He played in the 1911 Varsity
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Anthony Wells


honor his work in intelligence, research, analysis, and publications regarding the June War of 1967, and support for the USS Liberty cause. In late 2013 Wells became the first Chairman of Durham University’s North America Development Board, having served for several decades as a Vice President of the North American Foundation for the University of Durham, with both entities focused today on endowment for post graduate research studentships and fellowships at Durham for American students. Wells was born near Coventry, Warwickshire, England, where his grandfather, Frederick Wells
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Witherspoon (surname)


Witherspoon is composed of the elements 'wether' and 'spong/spang' which are taken from Middle English. Originally, Witherspoon was a place name meaning 'a narrow strip of land where sheep dwell', The surname most likely comes from County Durham, North East England as in the 1881 census, County Durham had far more inhabitants named Witherspoon than any other county. In particular, you are 1422 times more likely to find a Witherspoon in the village of Birtley, County Durham than anywhere else in the United Kingdom
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Durham, England


Durham (, locally ) is a historic city and the county town of County Durham in North East England. The city lies on the River Wear, to the south-west of Sunderland, south of Newcastle upon Tyne and to the north of Darlington. Founded over the final resting place of St Cuthbert, its Norman cathedral became a centre of pilgrimage in medieval England. The cathedral and adjacent 11th-century castle were designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. The castle has been the home of Durham University since
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Cranmer Hall, Durham


Cranmer Hall is a Church of England theological college based at Durham, England. Cranmer Hall forms part of St John's College, Durham which is a recognised college of Durham University. It stands in the Open Evangelical tradition. Cranmer Hall currently trains ordinands for the Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion. The college is named after Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Henry VIII. St John's College, of which Cranmer is one of the two constituent halls, was established in 1909. Having become
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Newton Hall, Durham


of the wells used by the hall for drinking water still sits in what is now a garden close by. The majority of the other streets take their names from either cathedral cities (mainly those in the east of the estate) or castles in the north of England (mainly those in the west of the estate). Photographs of the Hall in various states of repair as well as a map of the area before housing development hang in the Lounge of the Jovial Monk public house. Once the largest housing estate in Europe
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John Rudd (cartographer)


John Rudd (Yorkshire c. 1498 – Durham 1579) was a Tudor cartographer and clergyman. In 1561 he was given two years' leave from his duties as Vicar of Dewsbury (1554-1570) and Rector of Thornhill (1558-1570/78) to travel the country with the objective of mapping England. Although he does not appear to have completed this objective, it was completed by his apprentice, Christopher Saxton. Saxton was employed by Rudd as a servant and it seems likely that he accompanied him on these trips, and
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Stephen, King of England


other key figures in the conflict. Those writing for the church after the events of Stephen's later reign, such as John of Salisbury for example, paint the King as a tyrant due to his argument with the Archbishop of Canterbury; by contrast, clerics in Durham regarded Stephen as a saviour, due to his contribution to the defeat of the Scots at the battle of the Standard. Later chronicles written during the reign of Henry II were generally more negative: Walter Map, for example, described Stephen as "a fine
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Scouting in North East England


England is administered through three Scout Counties, Cleveland Scout County, Durham Scout County and Northumberland Scout County. Cleveland Scout County is concurrent with the area of Cleveland, England on the border between County Durham and North Yorkshire, and provides Scouting opportunities for young people and adults in the areas around Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, and Middlesbrough. The County is currently divided into 5 Scout Districts. Durham Scout County covers the political county of Durham and the southern half of Tyne and Wear. The earliest record of Scouting in
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Pete Wilcox


Peter Jonathan Wilcox (born 1961) is a British Anglican bishop. Since June 2017, he has been the Bishop of Sheffield in the Church of England. He was previously the Dean of Liverpool from 2012 to 2017. Wilcox was born in 1961 and attended Worksop College in north Nottinghamshire before studying at Durham University where he was a member of St John's College. He graduated from Durham with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1984. He then attended Ridley Hall, Cambridge, where he trained for ordination and
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Michael Dickinson (artist)


Michael Dickinson (born 1950, Durham) is an English artist known for his work in Turkey, who works with political and satirical collages. In 2008, he was prosecuted for a collage of the Turkish prime minister, but acquitted. He is also a member of the international art movement Stuckism. Michael Dickinson was born in Durham, England, and spent most of his early years in Kuwait, where his father was an employee of the Kuwait Oil Company and where he attended the Anglo-American School. He later attended
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Durham, North Carolina


in Durham, England, by Mrs Clements and later by Ainsley during the eighteenth century. However, production of the original Durham Mustard has now been passed into the hands of Colman's of Norwich, England. As Durham Station's population rapidly increased, the station became a town and was incorporated by act of the North Carolina General Assembly, on April 10, 1869. It was named for the man who provided the land on which the station was built, Dr. Bartlett Durham. At the time of its incorporation by the
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Durham District


The City of Durham was, from 1974 to 2009, a non-metropolitan district of County Durham in North East England, with the status of borough and city. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the existing City of Durham and Framwelgate with Brandon and Byshottles Urban District and Durham Rural District. The district was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. The Council was made up of 50 councillors elected in all-out elections every four years (last elections 2007
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William Gardner (Australian settler)


William Gardner (1802–1860) was a pioneer settler and historian in New South Wales, Australia. Gardner was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1802. He arrived in Sydney aboard the "County Durham" from Leith in April 1838. He worked in a store in Maitland before moving to the recently-settled New England plateau. There he took a position as tutor at Saumarez station, in the employ of William Dumaresq. Gardner was a keen horseman and he travelled extensively over the district and compiled the first detailed map of
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Quaking Houses


Quaking Houses is a small village near to the town of Stanley in County Durham, in England. It may have been originally settled by Quakers, but during the Industrial Revolution it developed into a mining village with traditional terraced houses. The Quaker origin is supported by the 1873 name for a mine with two shafts at the village called Quaker House Pit. However, an alternative origin is suggested by the following; the 1865 OS Map shows a farm called Quaking House to the north at Anfield Plain and a colliery railway line ran
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Durham County Cricket Club in 2005


Dean to see them through on the last ball of the game. (Cricinfo scorecard) Durham (19pts) beat Somerset (5pts) by four wickets Durham saw off Somerset's Fast bowler Andrew Caddick to win a match where all four innings were worth between 240 and 300 runs. Somerset chose to bat after winning the toss at Stockton-on-Tees, and England fast bowler Steve Harmison continued his return to form after 12 wickets in the previous two games, removing both Somerset openers, but conceded 72 runs from 18
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Will Smith (cricketer)


further down the order, especially during the Twenty20 cup. Smith is an exciting fielder and has taken some great catches (Twenty 20 Cup Finals day vs Surrey) and has fielded as 12th Man for the full England side whilst at Trent Bridge. Though having played three times during Nottinghamshire's 2005 title-winning season, he was unable to establish himself within the Championship team, and subsequently joined Durham County Cricket Club, thus returning to his University town: Smith is a graduate of Durham University, where he successfully captained Durham
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West Durham Wind Farm


West Durham Wind Farm is a wind farm near Tow Law, County Durham, England. Developed by County Durham-based company the Banks Group, the farm was planned as the largest wind farm in North East England. Construction of the farm began on the 11 July 2008. It was hoped that the commissioning of the turbines would make County Durham the first English county to hit its 2010 renewable energies target. The farm was commissioned in May 2009. In 2009 it was purchased by the Electricity Supply Board The wind farm has
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Adrian Durham


Adrian Durham (born 13 May 1969 in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, England) is a football journalist and broadcaster. Durham began his broadcasting career in Leeds in the early 1990s working on the TEAMtalk telephone service, alongside reporters such as BBC Radio 5 Live commentator Ian Dennis, which was established as an independent rival to Clubcall. Durham joined TalkSPORT in 1999. He currently hosts the station's "Drive" programme on weekdays between 4pm and 7pm alongside former England cricketer Darren Gough. In 2010, Durham styled himself as the
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Footpath


. Footpaths and other rights of way in England and Wales are shown on definitive maps. A definitive map is a record of public rights of way in England and Wales. In law it is the definitive record of where a right of way is located. The highway authority (normally the county council, or unitary authority in areas with a one-tier system) has a statutory duty to maintain a definitive map, though in national parks the national park authority usually maintains the map. The Inner London boroughs are exempt from
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Durham (Gilesgate) railway station


by the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway. It was adjacent to Gilesgate and Station Lane. This was the second of four railway stations built to serve Durham City, the first being Shincliffe (later being renamed "Shincliffe Town") on the Durham & Sunderland Railway. Due to the inconvenient site of the station, it had a short lifespan, only being open for 13 years before closing to passengers on 1 April 1857, although it remained open for goods traffic. In the 1898 map the station was called "Durham and
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Norman Wilkinson (footballer, born 1910)


Norman Wilkinson (9 June 1910 – 18 May 1975) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City. Born in Tantobie, County Durham on 9 June 1910, Wilkinson a collier, began with junior side Tanfield Lea as a center-half. He then played for West Stanley on the Durham Coalfield where he began to play as a Goalkeeper. At the age of twenty he signed for Huddersfield Town, where he played second fiddle to England international Hugh Turner. Bob McGrory wary of Stoke's lack
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William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale


English northern border. King David gladly obliged and sallied forth into England with 12,000 men who wrecked and plundered parts of Cumberland and Northumberland before entering Durham where they made camp at Bearpark to the west of the city. The Scots were divided into three factions under the respective commands of King David, the Earl of Moray and Sir William Douglas. On 17 October, Sir William Douglas allowed his men to go on a rampage throughout Durham straying as far south as Ferryhill where to their surprise they encountered part of an English army of
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Durham Priory


Durham Priory was a Benedictine priory associated with Durham Cathedral, in Durham in the north-east of England. Its head was the Prior of Durham. It was founded in 1083 and when dissolved in 1540 was succeeded by a chapter of secular canons led by a dean. Historically, Durham Priory was one of the most important land owners in County Durham along with the Bishop of Durham until the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII. Until then, Durham Priory was home to between 50 and 100 Benedictine monks. Durham was
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Archdeacon of Durham


The Archdeacon of Durham is a senior ecclesiastical officer of the diocese of Durham (Church of England). She or he has, within the geographical area the "archdeaconry of Durham", pastoral oversight of clergy and care of church buildings (among other responsibilities). The first archdeacons in the diocese occur after the Norman Conquest – around the same time the post of archdeacon first started to occur elsewhere in England. There is no evidence of more than one archdeacon in the diocese until the mid-12th century, when two lines of
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Trevelyan College, Durham


Trevelyan College (known colloquially as Trevs) is a college of Durham University, England. Founded in 1966, the college takes its name from social historian George Macaulay Trevelyan, Chancellor of the University from 1950 to 1957. Originally an all-female college (the last to open in England), the college became fully mixed in 1992. Trevelyan is noted in Durham for its hexagon-featuring architecture and for the display of daffodils that surrounds it every spring. As a constituent college of Durham University, Trevelyan is listed as
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Cuthbert


and was also adopted by the Normans when they took over England. Cuthbert's shrine at Durham Cathedral was a major pilgrimage site throughout the Middle Ages, until stripped by Henry VIII's commissioners in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. During the medieval period, Cuthbert became politically important in defining the identity of the people living in the semi-autonomous region known as the Liberty of Durham, later the Palatinate of Durham. Within this area the Bishop of Durham had almost as much power as the king of England himself, and the
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monument of "Norman" style architecture in England', and the cathedral's vaulting being an early and experimental model of the gothic style. Durham is situated to the south west of Sunderland and 18 miles (29 km) to the south of Newcastle. The River Wear flows north through the city, making an incised meander which encloses the centre on three sides to form Durham's peninsula. At the base of the peninsula is the Market Place, which still hosts regular markets; a permanent indoor market, Durham Indoor Market
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Durham, England


the population of England in the north remained rebellious following the disruption of the Norman Conquest in 1066. It is an excellent example of the early motte and bailey castles favoured by the Normans. The holder of the office of Bishop of Durham was appointed by the King to exercise royal authority on his behalf and the castle was the centre of his command. It remained the Bishop's Palace for the Bishops of Durham until the Bishop William Van Mildert made Bishop Auckland their primary residence. A founder of Durham University, Van Mildert gave
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Durham, Maine


Durham is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,848 at the 2010 census. It is included in both the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan New England City and Town Area. Durham was named after County Durham, England, the ancestral home of the town's first settler. It was previously known as Royallsborough, named after Isaac Royall Jr. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which
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Cassop Vale


Cassop Vale is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Durham City district of County Durham, England. It lies between the villages of Bowburn and Cassop, 7 km south-east of the centre of Durham.. The site is important as one of the larger areas of grassland developed on magnesium limestone. This rock has a restricted distribution in England and grassland associated with it is confined almost entirely to south-east Tyneside and County Durham, usually in small, scattered patches that are threatened by quarrying and modern agricultural practices.
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St Cuthbert's Church, Durham


Area. It is named for St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, the 7th century bishop, healer and patron of Northern England. Although the establishment of the church goes back to 1827, the building has served a community of Durham and Northumberland Catholics that is continuous from the beginning of Catholic persecution at the English Reformation. While the Church of England became the official and only public Church for many centuries, English Catholic communities remained in the North — St Cuthbert's was founded by such a Catholic community in Durham. In 1569, Durham
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issue charters, salvage shipwrecks, collect revenue from mines, administer the forests and mint their own coins. So far-reaching were the bishop's powers that the steward of Bishop Antony Bek commented in 1299 AD: "There are two kings in England, namely the Lord King of England, wearing a crown in sign of his regality and the Lord Bishop of Durham wearing a mitre in place of a crown, in sign of his regality in the diocese of Durham". All this activity was administered from the castle and
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March law (Anglo-Scottish border)


of the Wardens (particularly the Percies and Nevilles in England and the Douglas family in Scotland). For example, the problem of felons fleeing to the various liberties where the King's writ did not run, was partially solved by making the lord of one of the largest of them (the Bishop of Durham who held the Liberty of Durham) Warden of the East March. Distraining ('poinding') was abolished in 1386 as being unworkable, and responsibility for compensation was given to the Wardens alone. The indenture relating
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Hell Kettles


Hell Kettles is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Darlington district of County Durham, England. It was designated for its biological interest as the only site in County Durham where there is a body of water fed by springs. The site, which lies on the floodplain of the River Tees, to the south of Darlington, is situated alongside the A167, about 1 mile south of the junction of that road with the A66. The Kettles are two pools that are the end result of catastrophic subsidence in 1179: the
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Boldon Book


Prince-Bishop of Durham and not taxed directly by the King of England. It is the first survey undertaken north of the River Tees, where the king's authority was never more than nominal. Like the Domesday Book it is a "customal account" listing the labour, money and produce owed by standing custom to the Bishop. The areas of North Durham (Norhamshire) and Bedlingtonshire are included, but not those areas in the possession of other great northern landowners. The Bishop's manor at Boldon was listed early in
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Symeon of Durham


prevent his followers from taking his relics out of England, see "Libellus" ii.11), the foundation of Durham (when Cuthbert's body, being moved across England on a cart, refused to be moved, signalling his desire to remain at Durham, see "Libellus" iii.1), and several picturesque deaths visited upon the enemies of Cuthbert's devotees. Several versions of the "Libellus" survive from the Middle Ages. Symeon's own revised copy can be found in Durham, University Library, Cosin V.II.6. It
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Third-oldest university in England debate


’ acknowledges the existence of the debate in its essay on Durham, stating that: "Durham is often referred to as England’s third university, after Oxford and Cambridge. Yet it is also often referred to as England’s fourth, on the assumption that London preceded it, for University College London had been opened in 1828. The difficulty can only be resolved according to one’s definition of what a university is. Those who define a university as an institution which teaches advanced courses favor London over Durham. Those who emphasize
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of Chester-le-Street and leader of the order, decreed a holy fast of three days, accompanied by prayers to the saint. During the fast, Saint Cuthbert appeared to a certain monk named Eadmer, with instructions that the coffin should be taken to Dun Holm. After Eadmer's revelation, Aldhun found that he was able to move the bier, but did not know where Dun Holm was. The legend of the Dun Cow, which is first documented in "The Rites of Durham", an anonymous account
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Quarrington Hill


Quarrington Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north of Kelloe. Having been part of the extensive parish of Kelloe, it merged with the village of Cassop during the 19th Century to form the parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington. As in most of County Durham, the chief trade here was coal mining and Cassop Colliery was where the miners worked. The inhabitants of Quarrington Hill also shared the church of St. Pauls (built in 1868), with Cassop.
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Causey, County Durham


Causey is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north of Stanley. Village contains at least 100 people, where 49% are male 52% are female. Around the Causey are a lot of ravines, valleys and denes, these are a relic of the ice age. The arch was built to cross one of these ravines. They had built a bridge of wood in 1725 which collapsed. A new bridge was built in 1726 which took more than a year to erect
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Durham School Boat Club


Durham School Boat Club (DSBC) is a school club offering rowing to students, parents, friends and other local schools. Based at Durham School in the city of Durham, England. Durham School Boat Club was founded in 1847. However, there was rowing at Durham School before that - the club was a founder of Durham Regatta in 1834 and it is, therefore, one of the oldest clubs on the River Wear in Durham. Record keeping in the early days was non-existent and the first reference to a
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in 1882. For sport rowing there are a number of boating clubs operating on this stretch, Durham Amateur Rowing Club, the Durham University Boat Club, the 14 university college clubs of the Durham campus, Durham Constabulary and the school clubs – Durham School Boat Club and St Leonard's who row regularly in their own colours out of their own boat houses and Durham High School for Girls who may row out of Durham Amateur Rowing Club. Durham Amateur Rowing Club, DARC, operates out of a purpose built community clubhouse on the
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Graeme Fowler


Graeme "Foxy" Fowler (born 20 April 1957) is an English former professional cricketer and cricket coach, who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England, and later for Durham. He appeared in 21 Test matches and 26 One Day International (ODIs) for England, averaging 35.32 in his Test batting career. After his playing career he founded the centre of excellence scheme at Durham MCCU based at Durham University in 1996, the success of which led the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to establish five more
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William James (bishop)


The Rt Revd William James (1542 – 12 May 1617) was an English academic and bishop. William James graduated with an MA degree at Christ Church, Oxford in 1565. He was Master of University College, Oxford in 1572, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1581, and again in 1590. He became Dean of Christ Church in 1584. James became Dean of Durham in 1596, where he was a witness to the decay of agriculture in northeast England. He was Bishop of Durham from 1606
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Grace Metalious


couple lived in near squalor but she continued to write. With one child, the couple moved to Durham, New Hampshire, where George attended the University of New Hampshire. In Durham, Grace Metalious began writing seriously. When George graduated, he took a position as principal at a school in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. In the fall of 1954, at the age of 30, she began work on a manuscript about the dark secrets of a small New England town. The novel had the working title "The Tree and
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Howard Davies (director)


Stephen Howard Davies, (26 April 1945 – 25 October 2016) was a British theatre and television director. Davies, the son of a miner Thomas Emrys Davies and Hilda Bevan, was born in Durham, England. He was educated at Christ's Hospital school, Horsham and then studied at Durham University (1963-1966) and Bristol University, where he developed an appreciation for the works of Bertolt Brecht. In the early 1970s, Davies worked extensively with the Bristol Old Vic and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and he
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Anna Maria Porter


Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832) was a British poet and novelist. The sister of Jane Porter and Robert Ker Porter, she was born in the Bailey in Durham, England. Her father, William Porter (1735-1779), served as an army surgeon for 23 years and died before her birth. He is buried in St Oswald's Church, Durham. Anna, being fair-haired, pretty and gay, was nicknamed 'L'Allegra'. After the death of the father the family settled in Edinburgh, where
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