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    Durham Castle is a Norman castle in the city of Durham, England, which has been occupied since 1837 by University College, Durham after its previous role...
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    century, as it was replaced by the present Durham Cathedral after the Norman Conquest; together with Durham Castle it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From...
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    College, informally known as Castle, is the oldest constituent college of Durham University in England. Centred on Durham Castle on Palace Green, it was founded...
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    together with Durham Castle is now a World Heritage Site. By the late Middle Ages the county was governed semi-independently by the bishops of Durham and was...
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    visitors in 2019. It is a grade I listed building and forms part of the Durham Castle and Cathedral World Heritage Site. The cathedral is the successor to...
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    Durham Castle to the 1960s brutalist students' union. The university also owns and manages the Durham World Heritage Site in partnership with Durham Cathedral...
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    RMS Durham Castle was a passenger ship built for the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company in 1904. In 1939, the Admiralty requisitioned her for use as...
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    Durham Castle and Cathedral is a World Heritage Site (WHS ID No. 370), in Durham, England. The site includes Durham Castle, Durham Cathedral, Durham University...
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    Barnard Castle (locally [ˈbɑːnəd ˈkæsəl], BAH-nəd KASS-əl) is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, England. The town is...
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    Lumley Castle is a 14th-century quadrangular castle at Chester-le-Street in the North of England, near the city of Durham, and a property of the Earl of...
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    Maiden Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort in Durham, England. It is listed as a scheduled monument. The Victoria County History describes the location...
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    Durham and later the county palatine of Durham. The bishop, with the bishop of Bath and Wells, escorts the sovereign at the coronation. Durham Castle...
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    bailey of the Norman motte and bailey-style Durham Castle. Vehicular access to the area is restricted by the Durham City congestion charge, which started in...
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    Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, is a former bishop's palace located in the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England. The castle was...
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    the Bishops of Durham and the establishment of Auckland Castle's predecessor, a hunting lodge, which became the main residence of Durham Bishops. This...
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    Place River Wear, Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle River Wear in Durham River Wear in Durham Durham Cathedral Thomas Girtin: Durham, 1799 Local government...
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    Bishop William was on friendly terms with Earl Waltheof, who built a castle at Durham for the bishop. After another rebellion, Waltheof was executed in 1075...
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    Brancepeth Castle is a castle in the village of Brancepeth in County Durham, England, some 5 miles south-west of the city of Durham (grid reference NZ223377)...
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    Lambton Castle stands above Chester-le-Street, County Durham and is a stately home, the ancestral seat of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham. It is...
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    sites. Maiden Castle, Durham is an Iron Age site. Brigantia, the land of the Brigantes, is said to have included what is now County Durham. There are archaeological...
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    Barnard Castle is a ruined medieval castle situated in the town of the same name in County Durham, England. A stone castle was built on the site of an...
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    supported on posts as it ascends, reaches to the top of the mound". At Durham Castle, contemporaries described how the motte-and-bailey superstructure arose...
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  • Castle Eden is a village in County Durham, England, south of Peterlee, Wingate, Hutton Henry, the A19 and Castle Eden Dene. The former Castle Eden Brewery...
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    Raby Castle (grid reference NZ12912177) is a medieval castle located near Staindrop in County Durham, England, among 200 acres (810,000 m2) of deer park...
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    Jan: HMS Grenville 21 Jan: HMS Exmouth 24 Jan: Ljubljana 26 Jan: HMS Durham Castle 30 Jan: U-15, U-55 Other incidents 13 Jan: Duchess of York, Duke of...
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    is a market town and civil parish in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It lies on the River Wear between Eastgate...
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    "Durham University Records: Central Administration and Officers". Chancellors. Retrieved 6 November 2024. "Women of Castle". Durham Castle. Durham University...
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    university in Durham was under Oliver Cromwell. In 1649 the cathedrals of England were dissolved by Act of Parliament, leaving Durham Castle (the Bishop's...
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    Palace Green (category Durham, England)
    area of grass in the centre of Durham, England, flanked by Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle. The Cathedral and Castle together form a UNESCO World Heritage...
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    The County Palatine of Durham was a jurisdiction in the North of England, within which the bishop of Durham had rights usually exclusive to the monarch...
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