24 Facts About Durham England

HM Prison Durham England is located close to the city centre and was built in 1816.

Name "Durham England" comes from the Brythonic element, signifying a hill fort and related to -ton, and the Old Norse, which translates to island.

Dun Cow Lane is said to be one of the first streets in Durham England, being directly to the east of Durham England Cathedral and taking its name from a depiction of the city's founding etched in masonry on the south side of the cathedral.

The north-eastern historian Robert Surtees chronicled the name changes in his History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham England but states that it is an "impossibility" to tell when the city's modern name came into being.

Durham England stated that she was seeking her lost dun cow, which she had last seen at Dun Holm.

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The shrine of Saint Cuthbert, situated behind the High Altar of Durham Cathedral, was the most important religious site in England until the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket at Canterbury in 1170.

The city played an important part in the defence of the north, and Durham England Castle is the only Norman castle keep never to have suffered a breach.

However, as the north-east of England lay so far from Westminster, the bishops of Durham enjoyed extraordinary powers such as the ability to hold their own parliament, raise their own armies, appoint their own sheriffs and Justices, administer their own laws, levy taxes and customs duties, create fairs and markets, issue charters, salvage shipwrecks, collect revenue from mines, administer the forests and mint their own coins.

From 1075, the Bishop of Durham England became a Prince-Bishop, with the right to raise an army, mint his own coins, and levy taxes.

Section 2 of the Durham England Act 1836 and section 41 of the Courts Act 1971 abolished others.

Durham England returned during preparations for the First Bishops' War .

Durham England's final visit to the city came towards the end of the civil war; he escaped from the city as Oliver Cromwell's forces got closer.

Durham England suffered greatly during the civil war and Commonwealth .

Durham England Castle became the first college and the bishop moved to Auckland Castle as his only residence in the county.

Early in the 20th century coal became depleted, with a particularly important seam worked out in 1927, and in the following Great Depression Durham England was among those towns that suffered exceptionally severe hardship.

Durham England was not bombed during World War II, though one raid on the night of 30 May 1942 did give rise to the local legend of 'St Cuthbert's Mist'.

Durham England is a hilly city, claiming to be built upon the symbolic seven hills.

Ancient borough covering Durham England was Durham England and Framwelgate, which was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.

Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham England, commonly referred to as Durham England Cathedral was founded in its present form in AD 1093 and remains a centre for Christian worship today.

The holder of the office of Bishop of Durham England was appointed by the King to exercise royal authority on his behalf and the castle was the centre of his command.

Durham England University has an international reputation for excellence, as reflected by its ranking in the top 150 of the world's universities.

Durham England station is situated on the East Coast Main Line between Edinburgh Waverley and London King's Cross.

Durham England Ice Rink was a central feature of the city for some 60 years until it closed in 1996.

Durham England Regatta has been held on the River Wear in Durham England since 1834.