County Durham

The Town and Cathedral of Durham

ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Durham Borough, Medieval Durham, Durham Cathedral. View from the top of the central tower northward, over the Castle Green to the medieval town, and the modern Prince Bishops Shopping Centre [Ask for #262.381.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Durham Borough, Medieval Durham, Durham Cathedral. View from the top of the central tower northward, over the Castle Green to the medieval town, and the modern Prince Bishops Shopping Centre [Ask for #262.381.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Durham Borough, Medieval Durham, Durham Cathedral. Interior; Prayer candles in the Nave, with view towards the North Transcept [Ask for #262.373.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Durham Borough, Medieval Durham, Durham Cathedral. Interior; Prayer candles in the Nave, with view towards the North Transcept [Ask for #262.373.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Durham Borough, Medieval Durham, Durham Cathedral. Interior; Chancel; candles light the grave of St. Cuthbert (d. 640), in St. Cuthbert's Chapel [Ask for #262.376.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Durham Borough, Medieval Durham, Durham Cathedral. Interior; Chancel; candles light the grave of St. Cuthbert (d. 640), in St. Cuthbert's Chapel [Ask for #262.376.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Durham Borough, Medieval Durham, Durham Cathedral. Interior; chancel. Stained glass window throws colored light onto golden medieval stone walls. [Ask for #262.379.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Durham Borough, Medieval Durham, Durham Cathedral. Interior; chancel. Stained glass window throws colored light onto golden medieval stone walls. [Ask for #262.379.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Durham Borough, Medieval Durham, Durham Cathedral. Entrance to the Deanery, built in the 12th C. as monastic lodgings; facade is 17th C. [Ask for #262.363.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Durham Borough, Medieval Durham, Durham Cathedral. Entrance to the Deanery, built in the 12th C. as monastic lodgings; facade is 17th C. [Ask for #262.363.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Durham Borough, Medieval Durham, A "vennel", or alleyway, leads downhill in steps to an Italian restaurant, then to the park along the River Wear [Ask for #262.355.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Durham Borough, Medieval Durham, A "vennel", or alleyway, leads downhill in steps to an Italian restaurant, then to the park along the River Wear [Ask for #262.355.]


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Beamish, The North of England's Open Air Museum

ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, The Town, Conductor in period costume drives an antique red double decker street car waits at a tram stop in front of a range of restored High Street [Ask for #262.301.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, The Town, Conductor in period costume drives an antique red double decker street car waits at a tram stop in front of a range of restored High Street [Ask for #262.301.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, The Town, High Street, restored to its 1913 appearance; old man sits on a bench [Ask for #262.306.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, The Town, High Street, restored to its 1913 appearance; old man sits on a bench [Ask for #262.306.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, Pockerley Waggonway, Stephenson's No. 2 engine, 1822, the predecessor of "The Rocket", newly built to the orig. design and in use. The engineer checks the boiler [Ask for #262.324.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, Pockerley Waggonway, Stephenson's No. 2 engine, 1822, the predecessor of "The Rocket", newly built to the orig. design and in use. The engineer checks the boiler [Ask for #262.324.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, The Town, Town stables [Ask for #262.340.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, The Town, Town stables [Ask for #262.340.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, The Town, Town Carriage House; collection of restored carriages, still in use [Ask for #262.342.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, The Town, Town Carriage House; collection of restored carriages, still in use [Ask for #262.342.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, The Town, Inside the garage; 1913 gasoline (petrol) despenser [Ask for #262.347.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, The Town, Inside the garage; 1913 gasoline (petrol) despenser [Ask for #262.347.]


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Mining Landscapes of the Durham Pennines

ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Stanhope, Wide view over the Upper Wear Valley, showing stone walls and farmsteads; storm clouds over the Pennines in the background [Ask for #262.389.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Stanhope, Wide view over the Upper Wear Valley, showing stone walls and farmsteads; storm clouds over the Pennines in the background [Ask for #262.389.]


More Mining Landscapes 
ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Stanhope, Wide view over the Upper Wear Valley shows an abandoned strip mine in the foreground and an active quarry in the background, with storm clouds over the Pennines [Ask for #262.391.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Stanhope, Wide view over the Upper Wear Valley shows an abandoned strip mine in the foreground and an active quarry in the background, with storm clouds over the Pennines [Ask for #262.391.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Stanhope, Houses crowd against the high wall of an abandoned quarry, with views over the Pennines [Ask for #262.396.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Stanhope, Houses crowd against the high wall of an abandoned quarry, with views over the Pennines [Ask for #262.396.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Stanhope, A pond has formed in the lowest part of an abandoned strip mine, ringed by high stone cliffs [Ask for #262.399.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Stanhope, A pond has formed in the lowest part of an abandoned strip mine, ringed by high stone cliffs [Ask for #262.399.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Stanhope, A public footpath crosses an abandoned strip mine, crossing a stone built feature on a modern steel foot bridge [Ask for #262.400.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Stanhope, A public footpath crosses an abandoned strip mine, crossing a stone built feature on a modern steel foot bridge [Ask for #262.400.]


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ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Stanhope, View across an abandoned strip mine, over the rich Stanhope Valley, to an active strip mine on the opposite slope. [Ask for #262.533.]


ENG: Northumbria Region, Durham, Stanhope, View across an abandoned strip mine, over the rich Stanhope Valley, to an active strip mine on the opposite slope. [Ask for #262.533.]


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