Tag: England
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10 Facts You Might Not Know About Durham
The name “Durham” comes from the Old English “dun”, meaning hill, and the Old Norse “holme”, which translates to island, ‘Hill Island’ Durham Regatta has been held on the River Wear in Durham since 1834. It is the second oldest regatta in Britain The Bowes Museum houses a 230-year-old musical automaton in the form of…
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Durham Cathedral
Durham Cathedral was built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries It was founded as a monastic cathedral built to house the shrine of St Cuthbert, ‘Evangelizer of Northumbria’, replacing an earlier church constructed in his honour. It attests to the importance of the early Benedictine monastic community and is the largest and finest…
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Durham University Botanic Garden
The Durham university Botanic lawn is a botanical lawn located in Durham, the garden is is 25 acres of mature woodlands inside the southern outskirts of the city. The botanic gardens had been placed on their present site in view that 1970 before being officially opened in 1988 by the then Chancellor Dame Margot Fonteyn…
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Durham Statistics and figures
Durham in numbers POPULATION Source: UK National Statistics [su_table] Population 50,000 (2011) Students 17,505 (2014) Males 24,049 (2011) Females 23,736 (2011) Age Distribution: 0-14 years 5,170 (2011) Age Distribution: 15-29 years 17,341 (2011) Age Distribution: 30-44 years 7,239 (2011) Age Distribution: 45-59 years 7,807 (2011) Age Distribution: 60-74 years 6,892 (2011) Age Distribution: 75+ years 3,336 (2011) [/su_table] TOTAL…
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Crook Hall
Crook Hall is a 14th century Manor, located less than a mile from the centre of Durham. The manor was built in sandstone with a Welsh slate roof, one of the oldest parts of the manor can be dated back to the 14th century and an extension was made in the 18th century and is surrounded…
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Durham Castle
The Durham Castle was built in 1072, orders of William the Conqueror and supervision of Earl of Northumberland, Waltheof, However he rebelled against William and was executed in 1076. The castle was under control of Bishop of Durham, who purchased the earldom and thus becoming the first of the Prince-Bishops of Durham, this tittle had…
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Birmingham Botanical Gardens
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The Birmingham Botanical Gardens located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, the garden is 15 acres, Designed by J.C. Loudon in 1829, who was a leading garden planner, it was opened to the public on the 11th of June 1832. The Botanical Garden is open every day expect Christmas day and Boxing day, located only a mile and…
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Aston Hall
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Aston Hall is located in Birmingham, England, designed by way of John Thorpe and constructed between 1618 and the 1635. Designed by John Thorpe, production began in April 1618 through Sir Thomas Holte, who eventually moved into the hall in 1631. It turned into finished in April 1635. The house became critically damaged after an…
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Library of Birmingham
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The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It’s located on the west side of the city at Centenary square, next to Birmingham Rep and Baskerville house. Opened on the third of September 2013, it changed Birmingham significant Library. The library, that is anticipated to have cost of £188.8 million, is considered…
