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Durham, The Cathedral Font And Nave 1921
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The magnificent font canopy was designed for Bishop Cosin by James Clement, a Durham architect, and installed in 1663. The octagonal canopy is over 12m high, and its ornate decoration emphasises the significance of baptism in the life of the church. The huge marble font used today also dates from the time of John Cosin, who was a canon at Durham during the reign of Charles I, and later bishop under Charles II. However, the font in the photograph is a mock Norman font that was installed in 1846 to replace the original, which was then deemed to be 'unsuitable' - it was 1935 before the Cosin font was returned to its rightful place.

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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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Not Built By Robert Stephenson.
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.
Durham, from Railway Station 1892
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The Temporary Chapel, Bede College Durham
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
Durham, Bede College 1929
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The Tin School

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
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The Tin School
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
The Tin School Belmont
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