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Barnard Castle is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees,in County Durham,England. The town is named after and built around a medieval castle ruin. The town's Bowes Museum's has an 18th-century Silver Swan automaton exhibit and paintings by Goya and El Greco.
The Cathedral Church of Christ,Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham,commonly known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert,is a cathedral in the city of Durham,County Durham,England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Durham,the fourth-ranked bishop in the Church of England hierarchy.
Chester-le-Street,is a market town on Wearside in the County Durham district,in the ceremonial county of Durham,England,around six miles north of Durham and also close to Sunderland and Newcastle upon Tyne. It is located on the River Wear,which runs out to sea at Sunderland to the east. The town holds markets on Tuesdays,Fridays and Saturdays. In 2011 it had a population of 24,227.
Thornaby-on-Tees,commonly referred to as Thornaby,is a town and civil parish on the River Tees's southern bank. It is in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees,North Yorkshire,England. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the 2011 census,in the Teesside built-up area.
Hatfield College is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University in England. It occupies a city centre site above the River Wear on the World Heritage Site peninsula,lying adjacent to North Bailey and only a short distance from Durham Cathedral. Taking its name from a medieval Prince-Bishop of Durham,the college was founded in 1846 as Bishop Hatfield's Hall by David Melville,a former Oxford don.
Staindrop is a village and civil parish in County Durham,England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north east of Barnard Castle,on the A688 road. According to the 2011 UK census the population was 1,310,this includes the hamlets of Cleatlam and Killerby.
Horden is a village and electoral ward in County Durham,England. It is situated on the North Sea coast,to the east of Peterlee,approximately 12 miles south of Sunderland. Horden was a mining village until the closure of the Horden Colliery in 1987. Main features include the Welfare and Memorial Parks and St Mary's church. It is connected to the villages of Blackhall Colliery and Blackhall Rocks to its south by a spectacular rail viaduct which spans Castle Eden Dene near Denemouth. Horden Dene provides Horden's northern boundary with Easington Colliery.
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The history of Durham University spans over 190 years since it was founded by Act of Parliament. King William IV granted royal assent to the Act on 4 July 1832,and granted the university a royal charter on 1 June 1837,incorporating it and confirming its constitution. The university awarded its first degrees on 8 June 1837. It describes itself as the third-oldest university in England and is listed by the European University Association as one of Europe's oldest hundred universities in continuous operation.
Durham University is a collegiate public research university in Durham,England,founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to open in England for more than 600 years,after Oxford and Cambridge,and is thus,following standard historical practice,the third-oldest university in England. As a collegiate university,its main functions are divided between the academic departments of the university and its 17 colleges. In general,the departments perform research and provide teaching to students,while the colleges are responsible for their domestic arrangements and welfare.
Andrew Tremlett is a British Church of England priest. Since 2022,he has served as Dean of St Paul's,and is therefore the head of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral and the most senior priest in the Diocese of London. Previously,he was a canon residentiary of Bristol Cathedral (2008–2010),a canon residentiary of Westminster Abbey (2010–2016) and Dean of Durham (2016–2022).
Patrick "Paddy" Dow is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Carlton with their first selection,and third overall,in the 2017 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut in round 1 of the 2018 season against Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He earned an AFL Rising Star award nomination for his performance against Collingwood in round 14,2018.
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