On a wide promontory above the River Wear, which cuts through this bustling university town, a vast cathedral, ringed by medieval battlements, rises into the cloudy sky. When the cathedral was founded ...

The King and Queen are in Durham, England, for the annual distribution of Maundy money after the monarch missed the event last year amid his cancer treatment Victoria Jones/Shutterstock King Charles ...

Biggest mistake people make heading to the North of England: skipping beautiful Durham. Durham is one of those places that ...

The Durham Cathedral Sanctuary Ring, known by most people as the Cathedral Knocker, was made in the 12th century. The present knocker is a replica, the original is on display in the cathedral museum ...

The service will celebrate the railways and the north-east of England A cathedral service will be held to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR). Durham ...

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DURHAM, ENGLAND—Excavation of the Great Kitchen at Durham Cathedral has uncovered “a vast amount of food waste,” according to Norman Emery, the cathedral archaeologist. The kitchen was used from the ...

Amost unexpected sound greeted me as I pushed open the heavy oak door of the thousand-year-old cathedral in Durham: laughter. It wasn't coming from a tittering school group, but rather from a cluster ...

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