Durham most commonly refers to: *

Durham, England Durham ( , locally ) is a cathedral city and civil parish in the county of County Durham, Durham, England. It is the county town and contains the headquarters of Durham County Council, the unitary authority which governs the district of Count ...

, a cathedral city in north east England **

County Durham County Durham, officially simply Durham, is a ceremonial county in North East England.UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne an ...

, a ceremonial county which includes Durham *

Durham, North Carolina Durham ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina, Durham County. Small portions of the city limits extend into Orange County, North Carolina, Orange County and Wake County, North Carol ...

, a city in North Carolina, United States Durham may also refer to:

Places

Australia

* Durham, Queensland, an outback locality in the Bulloo Shire, Queensland ** Durham Downs Station, a pastoral station in Durham, Queensland * Durham Downs, Queensland, a rural locality in the Maranoa Region * Durham Lead, Victoria, a locality in the City of Ballarat * Durham Ox, Victoria, a locality in the Shire of Loddin

Canada

* Durham, Nova Scotia * Durham, Ontario, a small town in Grey County, Ontario * Durham County, Ontario, a historic county * Regional Municipality of Durham, a regional government in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario ** Durham (electoral district), a federal electoral district in Durham Region ** Durham (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Durham Region * Durham Bridge, New Brunswick * Durham Parish, New Brunswick * Durham-Sud, Quebec (also known as South Durham)

United Kingdom

England

* County Palatine of Durham, a historic ecclesiastical county * Durham and Framwelgate, a former local government borough that held city status until 1974 * Durham District, a former local government district, which held city status 1974–2009 * County Durham (district), a unitary authority area

Scotland

* Kirkpatrick Durham, a village and parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

United States

* Durham, Arkansas * Durham, California * Durham, Colorado, a place in Mesa County * Durham, Connecticut, a New England town ** Durham (CDP), Connecticut, the central village in the town * Durham, Florida, a place in Calhoun County * Durham, Georgia * Durham Township, Hancock County, Illinois * Durham, La Porte County, Indiana, a place in New Durham Township * Durham, Kansas * Durham, Maine * Durham, Missouri * Durham, New Hampshire, a New England town ** Durham (CDP), New Hampshire, the main community in the town * Durham, New York *

, the most populous US city with this name * Durham, Oklahoma * Durham, Oregon * Durham, Pennsylvania

Electoral districts

* Durham (electoral district), House of Commons of Canada (since 1903) * Durham (provincial electoral district), Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada (since 1926) * Durham (Province of Canada electoral district) (1841–1867) * Electoral district of Durham, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Australia (1856–1920) * Electoral district of County of Durham, New South Wales Legislative Council, Australia (1843–1856) *

City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency) City of Durham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Mary Kelly Foy of the Labour Party. Constituency profile The constituency contains a large minority of students, researchers and academic ...

(since 1678) *

County Durham (UK Parliament constituency) Durham or County Durham was a county constituency in northern England, which elected two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1675 until 1832. ...

(1675–1832)

Ships

* ''Durham'' (1814 ship), a ship launched in France * USS ''Durham'' (LKA-114), a ''Charleston''-class amphibious cargo ship of the United States Navy

Other uses

* ''Durham'' (poem), an Old English poem * Durham (surname) *

Bishop of Durham The bishop of Durham is head of the diocese of Durham in the province of York. The diocese is one of the oldest in England and its bishop is a member of the House of Lords. Paul Butler (bishop), Paul Butler was the most recent bishop of Durham u ...

, an Anglican bishop office * Earl of Durham, a British title from 1833 to present *

Durham Cathedral Durham Cathedral, formally the , is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Durham, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Durham and is the Mother Church#Cathedral, mother church of the diocese of Durham. It also contains the ...

Durham County Cricket Club Durham County Cricket Club (rebranded as Durham Cricket in February 2019) is one of eighteen first-class cricket, first-class county cricket, county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the Historic c ...

* Durham Fair, an agricultural fair in Connecticut * Durham Museum, Durham a museum in Durham, England * Durham Museum, Omaha, Nebraska a museum in Omaha, Nebraska * Durham rule, a way that has been used to frame the insanity defense in the US *

Durham University Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...

, a university in Durham, England * Fort Durham, an archaeological site near Taku Harbor, Alaska

People with the given name

* Durham Glaster, a character in the ''Black Cat'' manga series