durham magazine - issue one - june / july 2016

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WelcomeDear Durham Readers,

We are very excited about the launch of the new Durham Magazine.

The aim of the magazine is to inform, educate and entertain the people of Durham City.

The magazine is open to submissions from everyone, in fact we encourage contributors to submit their articles, stories, fan-�ction, news & photographs.

Durham Magazine is expected to have a total readership in excess of 20,000 people throughout Durham City.

Each month we will distribute 10,000 free glossy magazines throughout Durham City Centre. There will also be exclusive online content via durhammagazine.co.uk.

The print edition of the magazine will be available in the majority of city centre shops, bars, restaurants, hospitals and doctors, salons, dentists, and o�ces. If you’d like to request for the magazine to be delivered to your location, call us and we’ll add you to our distribution list.

Durham Magazine is to be a truly collaborative publication,

we already have some fantastic local writers and photographers involved. But don’t worry, we’ll be looking for people to contribute every month.

Want to get involved?

• Can you write 100 - 600 words on your favourite subject?

• Would you like to see your photograph on the front cover of a magazine?

• Do you have an interesting story about Durham?

• Tell us about your sports group or publicise a music event!

You can contact the editor via email on [email protected] or call 0191 394 1266 to �nd out how to become a contributor.

All the best from the Durham Magazine team.

To book an advertisement into the magazine, please call us on 0191 394 1266 or send an email to [email protected].

Contributors

Brian Harrison Emma Hignett Neil SullivanJule WilsonRob WaltonLorraine WeightmanRoger LangleyMalcolm Clarke (Online)Jim CallanEdward BakerAlan Harland (Online)Dr Jacqui MolyneuxFrancesca McDonald

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Durham AFC Under 18 Player Awards

U18 top goalscorer Jayven Redman

U18 most improved players Brad Wilson and Nathan Brown

U18 managers player of the year Brad Hird

U18 players player Adam Little

Part of a sports team? Why not send us your photographs?

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DURHAM MARKET HALL Durham Market Hall has been a feature of the city centre for over 160 years. Yet it isn’t stuck in a time-warp. This beautiful Victorian building houses a varied modern shopping experience, all under one roof. Hardly surprising that it’s becoming known as Durham’s Department Store.

Monday to Saturday, from 9am onwards the Market Hall begins to buzz. Where better to browse in Durham city centre?

Many visitors �nd it hard to resist Café Cenno, the ever-popular café on the Mezzanine level of the Market Hall.

Its appeals are many a spacious seating area, Durham’s �nest scones, free wi�, or just enjoying a co�ee in the sunlight slanting through the skylights. It is light and airy, with a vista across the Market Hall stalls below. Sip co�ee, relax … and plan your shopping.

The ‘stalls below’ are the homes of more than 50 businesses, each one operated by a locally-based independent retailer who’s both passionate and knowledgeable about what they provide.

The Market Hall is home to many specialists; a high quality �shmonger, butcher, poulterer and cheesemonger and a number of take away food outlets. But that’s not all. There are services as well as retailers.

If you need keys cutting or are looking for new carpets or replacement �ooring, if a broken watch needs expert care or if your clothes need altering, all these services are here in the Market Hall. While here, you can also buy co�ee beans, get t-shirts printed for your club, �nd the perfect bespoke �oral gift, pick up toys, clothing, jewellery, homewares and so much more.

With such variety all housed here, browsing is essential. Once you discover who’s here in the Market Hall, you’ll appreciate just how much this ‘department store’ o�ers under one roof as well the warm welcome awaiting you from each and every trader.

By Emma Hignett

Durham City and County is the home of some very well-known and famous people who have in each case created a legacy for generations to come.

Sir Bobby Robson CBE, This Durham sporting legend was born in Sacriston, of mining stock. He managed

the England National Team between 1982 and 1990 culminating in his reaching the semi-�nal of the World Cup in 1990, the best result in a World Cup since 1966, up to the present day. Sir Bobby also managed the Newcastle team between 1999 -2004.

Adopted son of Durham Dr David Bellamy, a Londoner, who trained at the University of Durham as a botanist where

he became senior lecturer until 1982. David Bellamy was responsible for warning about global warming and environmental issues throughout his illustrious career and to this day The David Bellamy Conservation Trust carries on his initiative throughout the Country.

Did you know?The name "Durham" comes from the Old English "dun", meaning hill, and the Old Norse "holme", which translates to island

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Alan Howe - Ushaw College

Peter Johnson - Market Place

Stephen Applegarth - Seaham

Photography From Around Durham

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Durham’s Pointers �rst appeared in the Market Place in 2012. Since then, their bright pink uniforms have become a much-loved feature of the city’s summers.

It is hard to miss the teams of volunteers who are found not only in the Market Place, but also (by prior booking) at the coach ‘drop o�’ point, welcoming visitors as they disembark. The Pointers distribute lea�ets promoting the city’s many tourist attractions, and ‘point’ visitors around Durham's streets, helping them make the most of their time in the city. They also make each and every visitor who stops to seek information feel welcomed and appreciated. Pointers truly add something special to any visit to Durham.

Durham Pointers have won bronze and silver in recent annual regional tourism awards and been �nalists in successive years' voting for Durham's Tourism Superstar, but it was an announcement in June 2015 which thrilled the most. They received national recognition, earning a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services.

2016 marks another milestone as the group moves towards charitable status,

hopefully securing its long term future and building on the support of bodies such as the Durham Area Action Partnership and, this current season, the Freemen of the City of Durham.

As well as their regular map with information about city centre attractions, Pointers have two new lea�ets for Summer 2016: a children's quiz and a mini-guide to the Market Place. Last years' large print version of the map and a special map showing step-free river bank walks will also be available at the pink trike in the city centre.

There are now more than 60 volunteers who make up Durham Pointers, each committed to volunteering for a minimum of two hours each fortnight. What started as a ‘Monday to Friday’ service, has now expanded to seven days a week from Mid-May to early October.

Durham Pointers’ service is manned entirely by volunteers, so relies on grant funding or donations. If anyone would like to support Pointers, they can do so easily through their Local Giving page,

www.localgiving.org/charity/durhampointers/

Fans of the Nobel sport of cricket will not need reminding that Paul Collingwood OBE hails from Shotley Bridge

and was a vastly in�uential member of the England Test team during 2007-2008, and Captain of the One Day International team during the same period. Paul Collingwood is a batsman, all-rounder, and medium pace bowler. His 206 during the 2006–07 Ashes was the �rst double century by an England batsman in Australia for 78 years. He was, also, responsible in large part for bringing Durham County Cricket into the ‘major’ counties where they are now a force to be reckoned with.

Rowan Atkinson CBE, actor and funny man of many faces, and now straight actor recently on Television

playing Maigret. Rowan Atkinson was born in Consett, Co Durham. His many personas include, Mr Bean, Blackadder, and he famously starred in Not

the Nine O’ clock News.

Tony Blair (The Right Honourable) is a Scotsman but well known as the former MP

for Sedge�eld, Co Durham, from 1983 -2007 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1997 – 2007. Whilst he did not hail from Durham he did attend the Choristers School in Durham City.

POINTING AND PROMOTING DURHAM

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and go freely. Many students live in Halls of Residence, they are private property, it is believed that quite a large number of individuals have e�ectively sublet their accommodation. This puts other people in the Halls at risk. Should students rent out their rooms and then pocket the money whilst renting somewhere cheaper in Town then that would be fraudulent and criminal.

It is known that landlords across the Country are increasingly taking action against the abusers who are doing this and many renters of property are being warned of dire consequences should they participate in this activity.

Only AIRBNB hosts who own their property outright can be sure that they are not breaching any contractual obligations – but even these homeowners, like any other landlord, are breaking the law if they fail to take appropriate measures to protect the premises, observe the terms and conditions of any mortgages that are in place, insure the property, protect the new renter’s under health and safety legislation, and make sure that the renter is a �t and proper person.

By the way persons renting out their property should also be aware that any such income must be declared to the HMRC so that tax can be paid on those earnings.

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What is AIRBNB?

According the Wikipedia ‘Airbnb is a website for people to list, �nd, and rent lodgings. It has over 1,500,000 listings in 34,000 cities and 190 countries. Founded in August 2008 and head-quartered in San Francisco, California, the company is privately owned and operated by Airbnb, Inc.’

However, the United Kingdom scene, and that of Durham City is that this possibly laudable idea of subletting one’s property privately and without informing any owners who may have contracted the property to the individual is clearly an issue that can �nd its way into the Law Courts. Anyone who sublets for pecuniary gain without informing the owner, for that is what this is, almost certainly in breach of their contract. Making a quick buck by renting out your �at, student accommodation, house or mansion may seem like a good idea but the potential consequences are alarming.

Firstly, the owner has not given permission, as they have not been informed. Then, any insurance on property and contents may be invalid, so if the sub renter should burn down the apartment (block) the owner will expect the contracted renter to compensate him/her. Any illegal activity conducted from the premises; drug abuse, theft, terrorism etc., will not make one popular with the Police, they may say that the person Aided and Abetted a Criminal Act, and much more.

The growth of AIRBNB in Durham is thought to be considerable, we have a large student population who come

Bespoke software development consultancy Scott Logic has successfully launched a newly-created game at its latest undergraduate Hackathon.

The arti�cial intelligence (AI) challenge, which was built from scratch by some of the �rm’s software developers, was unveiled at yesterday’s Durham University Hack event, which was organised in partnership with student volunteers from Compsoc, the institution’s computing society, for the �rst time.

The experience-driven afternoon involved an intense period of collaborative coding, in which competitors battled it out in teams of up to six for some sought-after prizes, before chatting with Scott Logic’s developers over refreshments.

The game, which took Scott Logic’s developers a few weeks to create, requires users make bots that allow them to control a number of on-screen players or �gures. These players then battle with opponent players to destroy one another, as well as collecting items during play that allow them to reproduce, banking more players for their team so they can slowly take control of the game.

The day, won by a team called #DUmakeithappen, was such a success that there are already plans to re�ne the game for future Hacks, with Scott Logic now looking into adapting it for a potential 24 hour event.

Alistair Madden, Compsoc President said: “The event Scott Logic put on for us was brilliant. Along with the friendly and helpful volunteer developers, we managed to create an AI, albeit a not very intelligent intelligence, and put it to work on the game.

“The pizza and beer went down well - safe to say nobody left the event hungry or thirsty - and it was also great to be able to chat to the sta� developers and �nd out about some of the work going on at Scott Logic.”

“Judging from the feedback we’ve received from those who attended, the game was a huge hit.” “We will now look to re�ne this Hack and make it even better ready for our next event in Edinburgh in October.”

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investment to help support the North East’s smaller businesses as they tap into the �ourishing UK space sector - an industry which is going to be worth £40bn by 2030. “We can help businesses explore the huge potential of this global sector and elevate their ideas to the next level.”Colin Baldwin, UK Space Gateway Program Manager at the UK Space Agency, said: “North England, the Midlands and North Wales all have the potential to make a signi�cant contribution to our thriving space sector.

“There are opportunities for a range of companies developing innovative products that can match the needs of the space industry. The incubators at Glyndwr, Sci-Tech Daresbury and Business Durham will build upon the growing interests in space and the role it can play to support other sectors within their local areas.”

Good news has been like hen’s teeth in the North East, however, following the demise of our ‘black smoke’ industries the North East has shown remarkable resilience in building a huge amount of

high calibre businesses, attracting Global industries due to the excellence of our work force, and producing the goods – excellent ones that have raised our pro�le around the World. The Space research and development could have no better home and this award and the subsequent investment is a fair reward and is most welcome.

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Business Durham is the economic development Company for County Durham whose purpose is to encourage and stimulate business throughout the County and encourage investment, which in turn means generating meaningful work for Durham people.

Business Durham has been given an award of £50,000 by the UK Space Agency to assist local Companies to sell their skills and abilities to create opportunities through Space Research. There are a number of extremely high tech �rms congregating in the North East, because of the work force and the excellent

communications links with the rest of the UK and the wider world. The North East Technology Park (NETPark) to become an ‘incubator’ zone in which the high end businesses can develop.

Those businesses will in turn generate revenue from Space activities that will bene�t the community and economy of the North East, and of the UK as a whole. This inward revenue award will be used to stimulate exports of technology and is seed money to encourage greater initiatives to be brought forward by those �rms.

It is said that the United Kingdom space industry could be worth somewhere in the region of £11 billion per year and the North East is keen to be a part of it, thanks to the North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence being at NETPark.Simon Goon, Business Durham’s managing director, said: “This is a fantastic

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Durham University Leads new study on Dark Matter

A new study carried out by the ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revealed for the �rst time that dark matter may well interact with itself.

“We used to think that dark matter just sits around, minding its own business, except for its gravitational pull,” said Richard Massey of Durham University and lead author of this study. “But if dark matter were being slowed down during this collision, it could be the �rst evidence for rich physics in the dark sector — the hidden Universe all around us.”

investment to help support the North East’s smaller businesses as they tap into the �ourishing UK space sector - an industry which is going to be worth £40bn by 2030. “We can help businesses explore the huge potential of this global sector and elevate their ideas to the next level.”Colin Baldwin, UK Space Gateway Program Manager at the UK Space Agency, said: “North England, the Midlands and North Wales all have the potential to make a signi�cant contribution to our thriving space sector.

“There are opportunities for a range of companies developing innovative products that can match the needs of the space industry. The incubators at Glyndwr, Sci-Tech Daresbury and Business Durham will build upon the growing interests in space and the role it can play to support other sectors within their local areas.”

Good news has been like hen’s teeth in the North East, however, following the demise of our ‘black smoke’ industries the North East has shown remarkable resilience in building a huge amount of

high calibre businesses, attracting Global industries due to the excellence of our work force, and producing the goods – excellent ones that have raised our pro�le around the World. The Space research and development could have no better home and this award and the subsequent investment is a fair reward and is most welcome.

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Business Durham is the economic development Company for County Durham whose purpose is to encourage and stimulate business throughout the County and encourage investment, which in turn means generating meaningful work for Durham people.

Business Durham has been given an award of £50,000 by the UK Space Agency to assist local Companies to sell their skills and abilities to create opportunities through Space Research. There are a number of extremely high tech �rms congregating in the North East, because of the work force and the excellent

communications links with the rest of the UK and the wider world. The North East Technology Park (NETPark) to become an ‘incubator’ zone in which the high end businesses can develop.

Those businesses will in turn generate revenue from Space activities that will bene�t the community and economy of the North East, and of the UK as a whole. This inward revenue award will be used to stimulate exports of technology and is seed money to encourage greater initiatives to be brought forward by those �rms.

It is said that the United Kingdom space industry could be worth somewhere in the region of £11 billion per year and the North East is keen to be a part of it, thanks to the North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence being at NETPark.Simon Goon, Business Durham’s managing director, said: “This is a fantastic

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Durham University Ranked 6th in the UK

The results show the University maintaining its strong position within the top ten, having also being ranked in sixth place by the Complete University Guide earlier this year.

Durham is also one of the world’s top 100 universities, according to both the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, and the QS World University Rankings, which placed the University at 70th and 61st respectively.

Wharton Park Now Open to the Public

Durham’s Wharton Park has recently undergone a £3 million redevelopment.

The 10-acre attraction has been closed for a little over a year while the renovation was taking place. The park now boasts a new heritage centre, cafe and play areas.

Durham Tees Valley Air Show Flying Success

Thousands of spectators showed up to the �rst Teeside air show since 1989.

Crowds were treat to performances from the Red Arrows, Typhoons and the legendary Spit�re.

Stepping foot in Durham is enough to take your breath away. Now, I’m not a huge fan of using clichés in my writing, but I had to remember how to breathe once the train was on the viaduct.

But this shock wore o� quickly. A deep sense of coming home set in.During my short visit, I immediately noticed the buildings. Built of stone and wood, I felt as if I had taken a step back in time… or onto the set of a movie.

But these were real—and I was here.

And I still felt a connection.As I should—many English speaking Canadians did originate from the British Isles, with strong ties to England, Scotland, and Ireland. As someone of Irish (and Scottish) ancestry, I immediately felt as if I had found a long lost parent while walking around the older parts of Durham, as well as by the river.

Other Canadians (or even other international students who are not from Canada) take note. There are some things you will immediately notice:

1. Gas (or Petrol, as it is called here) is far more expensive. So are cars in general. However, it’s also a whole lot easier to get by without a car.

Consider using alternate modes of transportation.

2. Sports & Activities: There is plenty to do in Durham. Boating, football (er, soccer for my fellow Canadians), rugby, archery… Yes, they’re mostly traditional British sports but I have managed to �nd some North American clubs for baseball and others. You have to look at a bulletin board, but they can be found. I even found a local Dungeons & Dragons club, too.

3. Housing: Expect a huge variance from modern to historic, but modernized. Rent runs around the same as Toronto, however, so budget accordingly.

4. Food & Cuisine: Oh my God… if you like traditional British fare prepare to have your socks blown o�. There is no shortage of pubs in Durham. Some great international places as well, but the pubs are de�nitely where most go.

Unfortunately, my week was too short. I’ll de�nitely be back again one day, and perhaps it won’t be to check out where I’m thinking of taking my Masters Degree but actually sticking around and actually doing so.

As a prospective student, however, Durham is de�nitely at the top of my list.

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The history of rowing as a sport has one of the oldest traditions in the world. It began as a method of transport and warfare eventually becoming a sport with a wide following, and a part of the cultural identity of the English speaking world upon which rowing clubs are found for people interested in the Rowing sports; usually near a body of water, whether natural or arti�cial, that is large enough for manoeuvring the shells (rowing boats); consisting of a boathouse and competition known as regattas.

In 1860, December 5th, a meeting was held at Ward’s Waterloo Hotel on by a few gentlemen interested in aquatic sports to ascertain the practicability of forming an amateur rowing club in their city with Mr. Brignall Junior as Secretary pro tem the next meeting.

On the 19th of December, a committee was constituted comprising of the following gentlemen Mr. J. Booth (Chairman), J. Hutchinson (Treasurer), W. Brignall Junior (Secretary), P. Forster, C. Rowlandson, W. Storey, J. Tiplady, W. Welsh.

In 1860 the founders of the club urged “our fellow citizens

who are verging on, or have passed the meridian of life, to not forget they can do good service. As honorary members” and “active operations commenced for raising the ways and means for purchasing boats and other equipment.”The club won her �rst cup in 1863; winning the Grand Challenge Cup at Durham Regatta with the following as members of the Crew : Bow-W.Brignall , W.H.Hedley, C.Rowlandson, stroke – P.Forster, cox- E.Dykes.

The �rst ‘new boathouse’ was completed in 1897 at a cost of £296 on a site close to the weir, near Prebends Bridge and the second ‘new boathouse’ was built in 1969/1970 on the current site, much of it by a hard-core of volunteers From 1914 until April 1919 the club was closed for the duration of World War One and reopened March 24th, 1919 (thus the practice of locking the club for the winter and opening at the end of March continued).

In 1923,the President, J.G.Burrell presented a challenge cup to be rowed for each year at the club’s scratch fours races. The Club produced the best crew for many years which won all the

major events at the northern regattas. This crew comprised: R.R.Powney, J.W.Walton, J.Hopper, stroke R.Powney, cox W.E.Coldicott.The President, J.G.Burrell and Secretary, H.M.Coyne organised a subscription list of past and present members and local businessmen and raised the cost of a new �ne four for them. Built by Browns it was named “1928”.

In 1972, the �rst National Championships was held on the new 2000 metre course at Holme Pierrepoint , Nottingham. Durham ARC entrants were very successful – Diane Preston silver in double sculls and bronze in single sculls , G.Potts and T.Bishop silver in double sculls, Joe James , Sean Wanless and Peter James silver in junior coxed pairs, J.R.Appleby and R.H.F.Metcalfe 5th in coxless pairs.

The ‘new’ clubhouse which happens to be the Third was o�cially opened by Roberta Blackman-Woods MP on 14th September 2007 after many years of grant-seeking, fundraising, design and re-design, and numerous planning applications – all persistently led by our long-term secretary Barry Hudson.

HISTORY OF DURHAM ROWING CLUB & DURHAM AMATEUR ROWING CLUB HISTORY

Catherine Cookson, was born in South Shields, then part of County Durham. Writer and philanthropist, Catherine Cookson wrote almost 100 books, she sold more than 123

million copies, her novels being translated into at least 20 languages, telling of life in the North East portraying graphically the hardships experienced by people across the entire Country but specially in this County and region in general. Many of her compelling works have appeared on the large screen and the small screen to great acclaim. Above all of our local celebrities Catherine Cookson is responsible for exposing much that was wrong during to ‘good old days’ and in doing so, hopefully, is responsible in some part for life being safer and gentler today.www.durhammagazine.co.uk/where-am-i/

Where am I?Each month we’re going to be bringing you to a speci�c location in County Durham.

We’re asking you to guess where that location is and submit your guess on our website.

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Indulge in the very best street food in the North East of England.

The Durham Street Food Project will present The Full Moon Market at Durham Market Place between 4.00pm - 9.00pm on Tuesday 21st June.

Special Design and Craft Market Durham Market Place is holding a special craft and design market on Sunday 19th of June.

If you’re into locally made arts and crafts then this is not to be missed.

Afternoon Tea Anyone? Each month, Durham Market hosts an Afternoon Tea together with Age UK County Durham in Cafe Cenno.

This is part of their 'Come Eat Together' scheme which encourages healthy eating alongside an opportunity to enjoy good company.

The Afternoon Teas are £4 per person, and there's entertain-ment arranged. This is open to all over 60s, men and women, everyone who's been so far has thoroughly enjoyed it. Please come along and join them - Afternoon Tea is on the 4th Tuesday of each month.

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Cuthbert’s journey to Durham has two di�erent variations, but one that is most popular is the story of Dun Cow. The way the story goes is that when the monks were making their journey back to Chester-le-Street, a small town in Durham, with the body of St. Cuthbert, the cart that had been carrying the co�n on this journey had stopped, and was unable to be moved. The leader of this small community at the time, Bishop Aldhun, had a vision of St. Cuthbert wanting to be taken to “Dunholme”, but no one amongst them knew where this place was.At that very moment, a cowgirl had passed by them

and asked another young woman if she had seen a lost dun cow. This young woman said she had seen the cow go in the direction of Dunholme, and pointed in the direction the monks had been looking for. The monks heard their exchange and decided to follow the cowgirl in the direction of Dunholme. When they tried to push the co�n along with them, they found that the co�n could indeed move in that direction. They continued down that road and got to Dunholme, which now has the name of Durham.

Because of this encounter, the lane that the co�n had stopped in has been named

Dun Cow Lane, and it takes the name from the Dun Cow that had helped to lead the community of St. Cuthbert to Durham back in 995.

At one time, Dun Cow Lane once separated the inner and outer Baileys. There had been a gate through the lane, as well as a gate in the middle. Today, Dun Cow Lane is much more accessible and leads to Durham Cathedral. Though, you can still see some remains of the wall incorporated into the Abbey House structure. But this is not one of the only attractions to see on this lane. Although many people may not notice this, the building that the corner of Dun Cow

Lane does have a quite intriguing architectural feature. This building has an angled corner. Many times, when buildings are located at an intersection, the corners will be angled in this same way so that they do not scrape across the corners.

Dun Cow Lane has many things to do and see, as well as much history to be learned through the Dun Cow that had led the way to Durham for the community of St. Cuthbert. There are many architectural and historical features to explore next time you pass through.

How Dun Cow Lane lead the Community of St. Cuthbert to Durham, and How the Lane has Changed Years Later

By Roger Langley

Market Events

THE HISTORY AND CHANGESOF DUN COW LANE

Harry Potter’s Durham and North East Connections

The very name Harry Potter conjures up memories of the great lad and his friends and their exciting times. But, did you know that much of the �lming for the Harry Potter movies was done right here in Durham Cathedral, and close by in the North East?

Durham Cathedral’s ancient cloisters doubled as a �lm location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone back in 2001. Who can forget when, against a snowy backdrop, the cloisters became the snow-covered quadrangle where Harry magically releases Hedwig the owl from his hands. Fans of the Harry Potter stories can walk those same cloisters, and Cathedral precincts, experiencing the locations as they go, and hopefully absorbing the historical and spiritual reality of these hallowed places.

Harry and friends returned to Durham’s UNESCO World Heritage Site the following year for the Chamber of Secrets sequel, with one of the World’s favourite and most breath-taking buildings providing the backdrop. Once again providing the setting for Harry, Ron and Hermione being taught how to turn animals into water goblets.

Visitors can relive the scenes in their minds with a visit to this majestic building in one of England's most cultural and historic cities.

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Cuthbert’s journey to Durham has two di�erent variations, but one that is most popular is the story of Dun Cow. The way the story goes is that when the monks were making their journey back to Chester-le-Street, a small town in Durham, with the body of St. Cuthbert, the cart that had been carrying the co�n on this journey had stopped, and was unable to be moved. The leader of this small community at the time, Bishop Aldhun, had a vision of St. Cuthbert wanting to be taken to “Dunholme”, but no one amongst them knew where this place was.At that very moment, a cowgirl had passed by them

and asked another young woman if she had seen a lost dun cow. This young woman said she had seen the cow go in the direction of Dunholme, and pointed in the direction the monks had been looking for. The monks heard their exchange and decided to follow the cowgirl in the direction of Dunholme. When they tried to push the co�n along with them, they found that the co�n could indeed move in that direction. They continued down that road and got to Dunholme, which now has the name of Durham.

Because of this encounter, the lane that the co�n had stopped in has been named

Dun Cow Lane, and it takes the name from the Dun Cow that had helped to lead the community of St. Cuthbert to Durham back in 995.

At one time, Dun Cow Lane once separated the inner and outer Baileys. There had been a gate through the lane, as well as a gate in the middle. Today, Dun Cow Lane is much more accessible and leads to Durham Cathedral. Though, you can still see some remains of the wall incorporated into the Abbey House structure. But this is not one of the only attractions to see on this lane. Although many people may not notice this, the building that the corner of Dun Cow

Lane does have a quite intriguing architectural feature. This building has an angled corner. Many times, when buildings are located at an intersection, the corners will be angled in this same way so that they do not scrape across the corners.

Dun Cow Lane has many things to do and see, as well as much history to be learned through the Dun Cow that had led the way to Durham for the community of St. Cuthbert. There are many architectural and historical features to explore next time you pass through.

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