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    Durham Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, is a Church of England cathedral in the city...
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    Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/ DURR-əm, locally /ˈdɜːrəm/ listen) is a cathedral city and civil parish in the county of Durham, England. It is the county town and contains...
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    residence of the Bishops of Durham. Designated since 1986 as a cultural World Heritage Site in England, along with Durham Cathedral, the facility is open to...
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    Heritage Site in partnership with Durham Cathedral. The university's ownership of the world heritage site includes Durham Castle, Palace Green and the surrounding...
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  • North East England. Since 2021 it has been part of the Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation. Durham School was an all-boys institution from its foundation...
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  • Durham most commonly refers to: Durham, England, a cathedral city in north east England County Durham, a ceremonial county which includes Durham Durham...
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    995 the city of Durham was founded by monks seeking a place safe from Viking raids to house the relics of St Cuthbert. Durham Cathedral was rebuilt after...
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    medieval saint of Northern England, with a cult centred on his tomb at Durham Cathedral. Cuthbert is regarded as the patron saint of Northumbria. His feast...
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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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    tracery. The term "Early Gothic" should not be extended backward; if Durham Cathedral and other buildings with the first rib vaults in Romanesque walls are...
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    later Sub Organist of Durham Cathedral) 2011–2020 David Humphreys 2020– Christopher Strange Organists at Plymouth Cathedral have included the following...
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    Chichester Cathedral, official website Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, official website Durham Cathedral, official website Ely Cathedral, official website...
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    The Durham Gospels is a very incomplete late 7th-century insular Gospel Book, now kept in the Durham Cathedral Dean and Chapter Library (MS A.II.17). A...
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    the transverse ribs of the vaults at Durham Cathedral in northern England, dating from 1128. Durham is a cathedral of massive Romanesque proportions and...
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    Thomas Pope, on land previously occupied by Durham College, home to Benedictine monks from Durham Cathedral. Despite its large physical size, the college...
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    simultaneously in England and France. The first cathedral to use sexpartite vaults was Durham Cathedral, begun in 1093. Durham was originally intended to be built...
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    The Durham Cassiodorus (Durham, Cathedral Library, MS B. II. 30) is an 8th-century illuminated manuscript containing an abbreviation of Cassiodorus's...
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    the Bailey, adjacent to Durham Cathedral, to new buildings on Elvet Hill to the South of the city, becoming the first of Durham's "hill colleges". In 2005...
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    school for the 3 to 11 age range. It is part of the Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation, in Durham, England. It consists of a Pre-School, a Pre-preparatory...
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    William de St-Calais (category Bishops of Durham)
    of Durham in 1080. During his term as bishop, St-Calais replaced the canons of his cathedral chapter with monks, and began the construction of Durham Cathedral...
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    entire school were created from shots of Durham Cathedral with a digital spire added to the towers. Durham Cathedral also served as a set for Hogwarts interiors...
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    London Durham Cathedral (from 1093) was the first to employ a ribbed vault system with pointed arches Winchester Cathedral (from 1079) Ely Cathedral (1083–1109)...
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    is on the Bailey, occupying historic buildings at the east end of Durham Cathedral. It neighbours Hatfield College to its north, while St John's College...
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    Gospels into the English language. The Gospels may have been taken from Durham Cathedral during the Dissolution of the Monasteries ordered by Henry VIII and...
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    St Cuthbert Gospel (category Durham University)
    ending at Durham Cathedral. The book was found inside the coffin and removed in 1104 when the burial was once again moved within the cathedral. It was kept...
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    feature of Gothic cathedrals. Some elements of Gothic style appeared very early in England. Durham Cathedral was the first cathedral to employ a rib vault...
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  • shot in late 1995 in Edinburgh and locations in County Durham including Durham Cathedral, Durham City, Ushaw College, Blanchland village and Beamish museum...
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  • Cathedral in February 1906 and remained in the role until his resignation in November 1930. He was made the consulting architect for Durham Cathedral...
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    Salisbury Cathedral floor plan Archived 2008-01-02 at the Wayback Machine Canterbury Cathedral: several floor plans Plan of Canterbury Cathedral Durham Cathedral...
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    Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham in Durham. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Durham and...
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