Durham Collection (page 8)

JARROW MONASTERY, County Durham

England / Durham
A fine view of Durham. County Durham, England, showing the massive bridge and Durham Castle, with the famous Cathedral on the horizon. Date: 1950s

The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co Durham, England, is a French style chateau, housing a permanent collection of art, furniture and ceramics. Date: opened 1892

Durham Cathedral Corbels
Comical Corbels - some of the faces carved into the corbels above the Chapter House of Durham Cathedral, built between 1093 and 1133. Date: 12th century

John Cosin, Bishop
JOHN COSIN English churchman : bishop of Durham. Date: 1594 - 1672

Finchdale Priory Ruins
The ruins of Finchdale Priory, County Durham, England, which was founded by an adventurous sailor (later Saint), Godric, in about 1115. Date: founded 1115

Finchdale Priory Crypt
The Crypt of Finchdale Priory County Durham, England, founded by an adventurous sailor (later Saint) Godric, in about 1115. Date: founded 1115

Tudor Staircase

High Force Waterfalls
The beauty of the falling waters of the River Tees, High Force, a 70 foot waterfall, the point at which the River divides Durham (right) from the North Riding of Yorkshire. Date: 1960s

Falcon Clints, by the River Tees, County Durham, England. This outcrop is dolerite and part of Whin Sill, on the South Durham moorlands. Date: BC

Longchamp arrests Hugh de Puiset
William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely, arrests Hugh de Puiset (Hugh Pudsey) at Tickhill Castle. Longchamp, a favourite of Richard I

Caravan dwellers in Durham
An assortment of caravans, some with wooden wheels and others having lost their wheels, near a quarry in County Durham. Date: circa 1936

Barnard Castle / 1908
Barnard Castle, County Durham Date: 1908

Durham / Framwellgate Brid
Durham: Framwellgate Bridge Date: 1905

Durham / Elvet Bridge 1905
Durham: Elvet Bridge Date: 1905

Durham / Distant View 1905
Durham: a distant view Date: 1905

Shakespeares 1st Folio
A professor and two graduate students look at Shakespeares first folio in the library of Durham University. Date: 1950s

Durham / Cathedral 1909
Durham: the Cathedral Date: 1909

Durham Gaol, Elvet, County Durham
A view of Durham Gaol at Elvet, County Durham. A horse and wagon and some of the prison staff are in front of the building. The building was erected in 1810

South Shields Union Cottage Homes, Cleadon, County Durham
Some of the residents at the South Shields Union Cottage Homes, erected in 1909 at Cleadon, County Durham, to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Battle of Pilkem Ridge 1917
11th Durham Light Infantry being taken forward to the Battle of Pilkem Ridge by light railway passing Elverdinghe in France on the British front during World War I on 31st July 1917

Battle of Menin Road Ridge
The 13th Durham Light Infantry in trenches before their attack on Veldhoek, Belgium, during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge during World War I on 20th September 1917

Battle of Menin Road Ridge
The 13th Durham Light Infantry in trenches before their attack on Veldhoek, Belgium, during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge during World War I on 20th September 1917

Angus-Sanderson production
Article in the Illustrated London News, 24th January 1920, on The Combination of Excellence and Economy in Car Production with reference to the Angus-Sanderson car manufactured at the factory at

Jarrow, County Durham
Fishing boats in rough seas off Jarrow, County Durham

DURHAM
Durham seen from the Wear : the cathedral dominates the scene

Durham View
Durham : the Cathedral seen from the Wear

John Bright MP, (1811-1889)
Portrait of John Bright, the English orator and radical politician. As well as serving as MP for Durham and Manchester he was also appointed President of the Board of Trade

Darlington - 1926
Darlington Northgate County Durham

Charles Thomas Longley 1
CHARLES THOMAS LONGLEY Churchman, when he was bishop of Ripon, whence he moved upwards to Durham and then Canterbury. with his autograph

Nurses decorated with the Royal Red Cross
Nurses, from left, Sister Edith King, Sister Louisa Mackay and Sister Emma Durham were awarded the Royal Red Cross, by Queen Victoria for their exceptional service in the nursing profession

Durham Cathedral 1950S
The Nave of Durham Cathedral, from the West Window, showing the splendid vaulted ceiling and stained glass

Fire Engine 1940S
A fire engine from the Durham County Fire Brigade

Fire Brigade Office 40S
An emergency call comes in to Durham County Fire Brigade

Racial / Gipsies /s Moor
Gipsy van dwellers on South Moor near Stanley, County Durham

Gypsy Caravans C. 1905
Gipsy caravans on South Moor near Stanley, County Durham

Northern Road Newcastle
A plan of the road heading north from Durham through Newcastle and further northwards through other towns in Northumberland

Colliery Railway
The railway at Whitwell colliery, county Durham

Crane at Pittington colliery, county Durham

Beamish Water Wheel
At Beamish, county Durham : it is now part of the open-air museum. Date: 1844

St Hildas Colliery
In county Durham : the mined coal is hoisted above ground level, then the tubs slide down a gradient to be tipped into wagons which take it to the ships

Strike / Durham Colliery
Colliers discuss the situation during a strike at Durham

Sister Emma Durham, nurse in Africa and elsewhere

DURHAM / COOKEs / 1779
DURHAM/COOKE S/1779

England / Lumley
Lumley Castle, near Durham

Jockey / Brownie Carslake
Brownie Carslake, jockey, in the colours of Lord Durham

Quebec / Durham Terrace
Quebec: Durham Terrace and Citadel

The Adelphi in 1771
The newly built Adelphi, built by the brothers Adam on the site of Durham Yard, on the banks of the Thames by the Strand

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