Durham, England

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cathedral city city county town

Durham, England is a historic cathedral city in northeast England known for its Norman architecture, including Durham Cathedral and Castle, and as a prominent university center.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Durham city centre 2
Durham World Heritage Site 1
Durham city 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cathedral city ⓘ
city ⓘ
county town ⓘ
castleStyle Norman ⓘ
cathedralConstructionBegan 1093 ⓘ
cathedralDedicatedTo Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Blessed Virgin Mary

Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Christ
cathedralStyle Norman ⓘ
ceremonialCounty County Durham ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dialingCode 0191 ⓘ
distanceTo London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
Sunderland ⓘ
distanceToLondon_km about 410 ⓘ
distanceToNewcastleUponTyne_km about 23 ⓘ
distanceToSunderland_km about 20 ⓘ
economySector education ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
governingBody Durham County Council ⓘ
hasHistoricCoreOn peninsula in a meander of the River Wear ⓘ
hasMarketStatus market town ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Durham railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance Lindisfarne Priory ⓘ
surface form: Shrine of St Cuthbert
hasRiverCrossing Elvet Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Framwellgate Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUniversity Durham University NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWorldHeritageStatusSince 1986 ⓘ
historicCounty County Durham ⓘ
isCountyTownOf County Durham ⓘ
knownFor Durham Castle ⓘ
Durham Cathedral ⓘ
Durham University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norman architecture ⓘ
latitude 54.7761 ⓘ
locatedIn County Durham ⓘ
North East England ⓘ
locatedOnRiver River Wear ⓘ
longitude -1.5733 ⓘ
OSGridReference NZ2742 ⓘ
postalArea DH ⓘ
railwayLine East Coast Main Line ⓘ
region North East England ⓘ
religiousJurisdiction Diocese of Durham ⓘ
timeZone GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST BST ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains Durham Castle ⓘ
Durham Cathedral ⓘ
universityFounded Durham University, 1832 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Durham Castle → hasView → Durham, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durham city centre
Durham University → locatedIn → Durham, England ⓘ
Faculty of Arts and Humanities → locatedIn → Durham, England ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Durham University
Faculty of Science → locatedIn → Durham, England ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Science, Durham University
Hatfield College → locatedIn → Durham, England ⓘ
John Snow College → locatedIn → Durham, England ⓘ
St Cuthbert’s Society → locatedIn → Durham, England ⓘ
Team Durham → locatedIn → Durham, England ⓘ
University Council → locatedIn → Durham, England ⓘ
subject surface form: University Council (Durham University)
St Aidan’s College → overlooks → Durham, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durham city
Durham Castle → partOf → Durham, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durham World Heritage Site
Granville Sharp → placeOfBirth → Durham, England ⓘ
St Cuthbert’s Society → proximityTo → Durham, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durham city centre