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County Durham (Pevsner Buildings of England S.) The premier monument is Durham Cathedral, greatest of English Norman churches. Lovers of the Middle Ages will also seek out the county's exceptional Anglo-Saxon churches, while many of its great castles, Brancepeth, Raby, Auckland, Lambton, conceal palatial Georgian and Victorian interiors. The landscape varies dramatically, from the wilds of Teesdale and Weardale, in the west, to the pioneering industrial ports of Sunderland and Hartlepool on the coast, including fine gentry houses and stone-built market towns. South Tyneside and northern Cleveland, historically part of County Durham, are also covered.

Mountain Bike Guide - County Durham Durham is a county little appreciated outside it's borders, or even by it's own inhabitants, but it contains riding of a quality not to be missed. This guide contains 28 routes of a wide variety, including easy family rides and features the two highest public roads in England. County Durham’s disused railway cycle routes feature in this guide. Tour County Durham.

County Durham Strange But True (In Old Photographs S.) This new book about County Durham illustrates and describes people, places and incidents that are unusual, odd or extraordinary. We discover the truth about flamboyant or eccentric characters, curious buildings, strange place names, such as Pity Me and No Peace?, weird weather, mazes, standing stones and holes in the ground, unusual customs, and so on. Local folklore and legend are also examined, to show how real events have been exaggerated and embroidered over the years: an example is the story behind Hartlepool's unfortunate monkey. Using a range of illustrations, from old and recent photographs to maps, prints, paintings and engravings, Woodhouse tells an entertaining story, an alternative history of County Durham that will fascinate residents and visitors alike.

The Hidden Places of Northumberland & Durham (Hidden Places Travel Guides) Northumberland has much to offer the visitor with the Cheviot Hills, the Kielder Forest Park, Hadrian's Wall and the North Northumberland Heritage Coast which, of course includes Bamburgh Castle, Holy Island and the Farne Islands. County Durham has a rich industrial heritage particularly in mining, steel and shipbuilding some of which is now in the relatively new county of Tyne & Wear, but it also possesses the historical city of Durham with its magnificent cathedral and castle and, to the north, the beautiful scenery of Weardale, Teesdale and the northern Pennines. Tour County Durham.

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