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 Durham County (area ) is an historic county in Ontario, Canada. It was named for the English County Durham and city of Durham. It was created in 1792 but was later merged Northumberland County to form the United Counties of Northumberland a ...

, a historic county *

Regional Municipality of Durham The Regional Municipality of Durham (), informally referred to as Durham Region, is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada. Located east of Toronto and the Regional Municipality of York, it forms the east end of the Greater Toronto A ...

, a regional government in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario **

Durham (electoral district) Durham (formerly known as Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968 and from 1988 to 2025. Its first iteration was created in 1 ...

, a federal electoral district in Durham Region **

Durham (provincial electoral district) Durham is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999 and from 1926 to 1975. The Durham provincial riding was created in 1999 when Ontario adopted federal riding ...

, 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 The County Palatine of Durham was a jurisdiction in the North of England, within which the bishop of Durham had rights usually exclusive to the monarch. It developed from the Liberty of Durham, which emerged in the Anglo-Saxon period. The g ...

, a historic ecclesiastical county *

Durham and Framwelgate Durham and Framwelgate was a municipal borough with the status of city in County Durham, England. The corporation of the ancient borough of Durham and Framwelgate was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The borough was abolished ...

, 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) County Durham is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is governed by Durham County Council. The district has an area of , and contains 135 civil parishes. It forms part of the larger ceremonial county ...

, a unitary authority area

Scotland

Kirkpatrick Durham Kirkpatrick Durham (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Phàdraig) is a village and parish in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is located north of Castle Douglas. History An old church dedicated t ...

, a village and parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

United States

Durham, Arkansas Durham is an unincorporated community in eastern Washington County, Arkansas, United States. The community is on Arkansas Highway 16 along the White River valley between Elkins to the northwest and Thompson in Madison County to the southeast. ...

Durham, California Durham is a census-designated place (CDP) in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 5,834 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land a ...

* Durham, Colorado, a place in Mesa County *

Durham, Connecticut Durham ( ) is a New England town, town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Durham is a former farming village on the Coginchaug River in central Connecticut. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut Ri ...

, a New England town **

Durham (CDP), Connecticut Durham is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the primary village and surrounding development in the town of Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeaste ...

, the central village in the town * Durham, Florida, a place in Calhoun County *

Durham, Georgia Durham is an unincorporated community in Walker County, in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Geo ...

Durham Township, Hancock County, Illinois Durham Township is one of twenty-four townships in Hancock County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 248 and it contained 121 housing units. Geography According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Durham Township has a ...

* Durham, La Porte County, Indiana, a place in New Durham Township * Durham, Kansas * Durham, Maine * Durham, Missouri *

Durham, New Hampshire Durham is a New England town, town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 15,490 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 14,638 at the 2010 census.United States Census BureauU.S. Census website 2010 ...

, a New England town ** Durham (CDP), New Hampshire, the main community in the town *

Durham, New York Durham is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Greene County, New York, Greene County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 2,627 at the 2020 census.US Census Bureau, 2020 Census, Durham town, Greene Cou ...

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

Electoral districts

, House of Commons of Canada (since 1903) *

, 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 The Electoral district of County of Durham was an electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Council at a time when some of its members were elected and the balance were appointed by the Governor. It was named after Durham County, which li ...

, 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 Earl of Durham is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1833 for the Whig politician and colonial official John Lambton, 1st Baron Durham. Known as "Radical Jack", he played a leading role in the passing of the Ref ...

, 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 The Durham Fair, held in Durham, Connecticut, is one of the largest agricultural fairs in New England and was first held in 1916. The four-day event takes place during the last full weekend of September. Activities include livestock and compe ...

, 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 Durham rule, product test, or product defect rule is a rule in a criminal case by which a jury may determine a defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity because a criminal act was the product of a mental disease. Examples in which such 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