Old Durham is a
hamlet
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in
County Durham
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, in
England
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. It is situated approximately 1 mile east of central
Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
*Durham, England, a cathedral city in north east England
**County Durham, a ceremonial county which includes Durham
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States
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and south of
Gilesgate.
The most northerly remains of a Romanised farmstead in the Roman Empire were excavated at Old Durham during 1940s.
Old Durham's
17th-century gardens became a popular attraction, which led to the opening of the Pineapple Inn to provide refreshments for local visitors. The gardens used to belong to a 17th-century mansion belonging to the Heath family which was demolished in the 18th century.
In 1642 the marriage of
John Tempest of the Isle (near
Bradbury, County Durham
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) to Elizabeth Heath daughter and sole heiress of John Heath (1604–1664) brought the property to the Tempest family. Their son
William Tempest, Member of Parliament for the City of Durham in 1678, 1680 and 1689 also resided here. The Tempests deserted Old Durham in favour of Sherburn and
Wynyard in 1742
[Brian Masters,Wyyard Hall and the Londonderry family (1973),p.9] and were ancestors of the Vane-Tempest-Stewarts, Earls Vane and Marquesses of Londonderry
Old Durham was the site of a colliery with the Marquis of Londonderry's Lord Ernest pit opening in 1849.
The remains of a railway embankment cut across the area, which featured two bridges, leading to the now-demolished Elvet Station at the end of the
Durham Sunderland Line Durham most commonly refers to:
*Durham, England, a cathedral city in north east England
**County Durham, a ceremonial county which includes Durham
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States
Durham may also refer to:
Places
...
.
References
*Margot Johnson. "Old Durham and Old Durham Gardens" in ''Durham: Historic and University City and surrounding area''. Sixth Edition. Turnstone Ventures. 1992. . Pages 27 and 28. Also "Introduction", inside front cover.
*I A Richmond, T Romans and R P Wright, "A Civilian Bathhouse of the Roman period at Old Durham",
Archaeologia Aeliana, Fourth series, 22 (1944) 1–21.
*J P Gillam and R P Wright, "Second Report on Roman Buildings at Old Durham", Archaeologia Aeliana, Fourth series, 29 (1951) 203–212.
*J P Gillam and R P Wright, "Third Report on Roman Buildings at Old Durham", Archaeologia Aeliana, Fourth series, 31 (1953) 116–126.
External links
Durham Mining Museum entry on Old Durham CollieryDurham City Council guide to Old Durham GardensElvet Station
Villages in County Durham
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