Durham, The Cathedral 1892
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Dedicated to Our Lord and St Mary the Virgin, Durham is considered to be the finest Romanesque church in Europe. In 1892 the dimensions given were impressive: 510 ft long, 80 ft wide, 170 ft across the transepts, a 240 ft high central tower and two west towers each 138 ft high.
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A Selection of Memories from Durham
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Durham
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The viaduct that strides across Durham City was completed in 1856 and was open initially to goods (freight traffic) in the August of that year, the line had failed a safety inspection with regards to the working of passenger trains and did not open to passengers until 1/4/1857. The route and the viaduct was designed by Thomas E. Harrison and was constructed by Richard Cail of Gateshead.
This photograph of 1929 is of special interest to me because of the long, white building in the top left-hand corner of the image.
This was the temporary chapel at the College and served in that capacity from 1925 until the building of the present permanent chapel in 1939. It had been a gift from the Diocese of Durham - perhaps a redundant building from elsewhere. It was licenced for ...see more
My dad went to the tin school and I’m looking for anyone who may have known him as my sisters and I would like to make a book of story’s from his time there for his 60th his name is jimmy Layfield and he had an older brother called Keven Layfield
I was at this school from 1949-57, when I lived in Longacres. I seem to remember a bronze plaque on the hall wall stating that it had been built in 1908. It had evidently been built as a temporary structure, but had managed to last until the early '80s. (I visited it in 1981, I think, when it was closed awaiting demolition, the door was open so I ventured in. The smell of the hall - sour milk bottle tops and chalk ...see more
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