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	A Brief History of Durham
		In the Middle Ages the centre of Durham was the peninsula formed by the bend in the river.
		In it was the cathedral, the castle and the priory.
		In the mid 19th century Durham was described as: 'an ancient city situated on 7 hills, in a beautiful winding of the river Wear along the banks of which are pleasant walks, covered with woods and edged with lofty crags.
	www.localhistories.org /durham.html (1665 words)

	History of County Durham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Durham continued, however, to form part of the earldorn of Northumbria, and not until after the purchase of the earldom by Bishop Walcher in 1075 did the bishops begin to exercise regal rights in their territory.
		On the outbreak of the Great Rebellion Durham inclined to support the cause of the parliament, and in 1640 the high sheriff of the palatinate guaranteed to supply the Scottish army with provisions during their stay in the county.
		Durham has never possessed any manufacturers of importance, and the economic history of the county centres round the growth of the mining industry, which employed almost the whole of the non-agricultural population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Durham (1171 words)

	History of Durham Boat
		Robert Durham was stipulated to be a boat builder by trade in certain papers left by B.F. Fackenthall Esq., a native of Durham who indicated that he was told by his grandfather that Robert Durham was the first builder of a Durham boat in Durham.
		Durham boats were "confiscated" by George Washington and used to carry his army across the Delaware River at a spot now know as Washington’s Crossing, PA in order for his troops to surprise the Hessians at Trenton on Christmas Day, 1776.
		The Durham boat style came into disservice with the advent of canals where yet a different type of construction and style was used to carry freight.
	www.durhamhistoricalsociety.org /history_2.htm (883 words)

	Durham County, North Carolina: Geography and History
		Durham County is located in the north central portion of North Carolina's Piedmont region, an area of rolling foothills approximately four hours east of the Smokey Mountains and three hours west of the Atlantic Ocean.
		The city of Durham, as well as 90% of North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, the largest and one of the most successful planned research areas in the United States, are located within the southern half of the county (Durham County Government [DCG], 1999a).
		Durham County is now experiencing an economic boom as seen in the jump in per capita income (per person residing in Durham County) from $25,540 in 1997 to $29,903 in 1998, a 17.1% increase (GDCC, 1999).
	www.hsl.unc.edu /phpapers/durham00/Dgeography.htm (1615 words)

	DCL History: Bringing Culture to Durham
		This statute marked the culmination of a drive begun in Durham in 1895, which in turn reflected a wider movement to encourage culture and refinement in a town characterized primarily by dusty factories and raw saloons.
		The town of Durham had been in existence since 1852 when Dr. Bartlett Durham donated four acres of land to the North Carolina Railway for a station; the town was incorporated in 1869, but the county had been established only in 1881.
		The carving out of Durham County from the long-established counties of Orange and Wake was the result of a post-war economic and population boom, traceable to the remarkable success of Durham's tobacco industry from the 1870s.
	www.durhamcountylibrary.org /ncc/dclhist/02bringing.htm (1878 words)

	History of Durham Meeting
		Durham Monthly Meeting of Friends was formally established as an independent monthly meeting under the auspices of the American Friends Fellowship Council in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		In early 1962, informal discussions among Durham and Chapel Hill Friends raised the notion of founding an integrated school as an appropriate response to the segregated public facilities.
		Because of the divisions among Friends as to the wisdom of establishing a school, as well as the small number of Meeting children, it was decided to establish the school corporation as an independent entity.
	durhammonthlymtg.home.mindspring.com /Handbook/DMMhistory.htm (1473 words)

	Durham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		County Durham is part of the ancient northern kingdom of Northumbria, the border area between England and Scotland.
		Durham City itself is a World Heritage Site, with its Castle and Cathedral sitting in a dramatic setting on a bluff high over a bend of the River Wear.
		County Durham is a region full of pleasant contradictions: from the ancient history of Durham City, to the new town of Peterlee; from the natural perfection of Castle Eden Dene, to the legacy of the once all-pervasive coal industry.
	www.northsea-cycle.com /uk_filer_uk/uk_durham_uk.html (341 words)

	Delaware River \| Towns and Villages: Durham, PA
		Durham, at the extreme north point of the county, and the last of the original townships to be organized, was one of the earliest in the upper end to be settled.
		Durham furnace was one of the earliest erected in the United States.
		The Durham boat, known to history because it figured so largely in Washington’s Christmas Night crossing of the Delaware, was the first of the tide-propelled freight craft to appear on the river.
	www.newhopepa.com /DelawareRiver/Durham/Durham.htm (494 words)

	North Carolina Collection-One Hundred or So
		Scholarly history and analysis of education and society from the implementation of the graded school in the early 1880s through the first two decades of the 20th century when more and more white women teachers entered the classroom.
		The history of North Carolina in pictures and text, from Verrazzano's exploration of the Cape Fear region until the year the book was published.
		A history of Tar Heel politics, mostly in the second half of the twentieth century, examining the state's progressive label by looking at ideology, economics, race, and labor.
	www.lib.unc.edu /ncc/ref/resources/100.html (4643 words)

	Durham Red
		History : Born in the mutant ghetto of Milton Keynes in the 22nd Century, Durham Red grew up an outcast even amongst her own kind, due to the nature of her specific mutation - she was a vampire.
		Durham stepped in to end the war, but refused to become mutantkind's living messiah, setting off to explore the universe with a couple of companions instead.
		Durham used to work with the likes of Johnny Alpha and Middenface McNulty back when she was a Strontium Dog.
	www.internationalhero.co.uk /d/durham.htm (643 words)

	Durham Cathedral - Library History
		Durham Cathedral Library descends from the library of the monastery founded on Lindisfarne by St Aidan in 635.
		In 1083 the Bishop of Durham, William of St Calais, founded a Benedictine priory to replace the community of secular clerks which had served the White Church and shrine of St Cuthbert, and in 1093 the foundation stone of the present cathedral was laid.
		Acquisitions are now concentrated on the cathedral itself (history, architecture, liturgy, music), its contents and collections, and the region it serves, and on major reference works and critical studies to set those topics in their wider contexts.
	www.durhamcathedral.co.uk /library/history (832 words)

	Durham Fire Department History
		On April 1, 1927, thirteen civil-minded members of the community "recognizing the necessity for a properly drilled fire department for the University and Town hereby agree to become members of such a department", that an organized fire department was born in Durham.
		In 1989 the administrative attachment of the fire department was transferred from the University of New Hampshire to the Town of Durham.
		In 1991, spearheaded by the Durham Professional Firefighters Local 2253 and implemented by Chief Wood, Emergency Medical Advanced Life Support services were incorporated into the medical services provided by the department while the department adopted an incident command system for emergencies.
	www.ci.durham.nh.us /departments/fire_dept/history.html (1291 words)

	- Durham University
		It is situated in three houses in the historic heart of Durham, close to the Cathedral.
		Edward Swift, of Durham: Furnishing God’s Holy House: John Cosin and Laudian Church interiors in Durham.
		The History department is delighted to congratulate Jessica Scott, whose dissertation title was '"Scum upon scum and dregs upon dregs": an examination of the female convicts transported to Australia 1788-1840, their experience and the perceptions surrounding them'.
	www.dur.ac.uk /History (424 words)

	Durham Furniture - History of Durham Furniture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Durham Furniture Company Limited was started in the fall of 1899 in a newly constructed 3-story building with 20,000 square feet of manufacturing space.
		The objective of the Durham citizens was to build a furniture factory to provide employment for it’s young men to keep them in the township.
		In November of 1954, the company was sold to Kroehler Manufacturing, the largest furniture manufacturer in the world, and the Durham plant became a subsidiary, one of Kroehler’s 26 factories worldwide.
	www.durhamfurniture.com /history.html (552 words)

	ABC News: Jacksonville's Durham Retires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Durham was 106-119 in eight seasons at Jacksonville, which was 16-13 this season.
		Durham is one of 11 coaches to take two schools to the Final Four, leading Florida State to the national title game in 1972 and Georgia to a third-place finish in 1983.
		Durham was 230-95 with three NCAA appearances at Florida State, then 297-215 with four NCAA trips and seven NIT berths at Georgia.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=600782 (291 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Carolina obtained her name from King Charles II of England in 1663 in honor of King Charles I (Carolus is the Latin form of Charles) when he granted a charter for the colony to eight English gentlemen who had helped him regain the throne of England.
		Bartlett Durham, a physician for whom the city is named, donated 4 acres of his land for a railroad station, and the City of Durham was born.
		Durham started to grow rapidly after the Civil War when a species of tobacco, the Brightleaf, was discovered, which led to the success of the tobacco industry in Durham in the turn of the 20
	www.duke.edu /TSA/life_at_Duke/history.htm (758 words)

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		Durham was formed in 1881 from Orange and Wake.
		It was named for the city of Durham which was named in honor of Dr. Bartlett Snipes Durham who donated the land on which the railroad station was located.
		Durham, incorporated in 1866 as the Town of Durham in Orange County, is the county seat.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /NC/CNTYOUT/CNTYMAPS/COUNT2.HTM (2413 words)

	Preservation Durham, North Carolina
		Tours describe the tobacco industry in Durham and its importance in the city's history, the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in Durham, and the unique architecture of the city that earned it National Historic District status in 1974.
		The Preservation Party is one of the most popular events in Durham, with a raffle of many wonderful gifts that supports Preservation Durham programs; entertainment by talented students from the Durham School of the Arts; delicious food and festive drinks; and the ever-popular Durham History quiz.
		Preservation Durham uses the Endangered Properties Program to attach protective covenants to older homes throughout Durham to ensure that they are maintained and preserved.
	www.preservationdurham.org (841 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines - Durham Cathedral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The body of Cuthbert was brought to Durham in 995 a hundred years after being moved from Lindisfarne where it was in danger of destruction by the Danes.
		Durham Cathedral was the first building in Western Europe with ribbed vaulting in the ceiling.
		The Galilee porch on the West front of Durham Cathedral was built between 1170 and 1175.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hpl1015.htm (292 words)

	City of Durham Tourism
		Bishops of Durham at that time were given the power to govern the North on the king’s behalf and subsequently assumed the title of ‘Prince Bishop’.
		Durham Castle became the first university college, and nearby Auckland Castle was retained as the sole residence of the Bishop.
		The Industrial Age gave prominence to County Durham at the heart of the vital coal fields, and saw the creation of the world’s first passenger railway in 1825.
	www.durhamtourism.co.uk /home.html (991 words)

	Durham
		At Durham we recognise no division between teaching and research, believing that students gain enormously from being taught by those who are steeped in the historical archives and are at the very forefront of their subject.
		Though it is not possible to cover all periods of history for all countries and all approaches, we believe in offering students as wide a choice as possible, and we pride ourselves on the range of our courses.
		The modules available in History in the first or preliminary year have the broad purpose of introducing students to the great variety of ways in which the past can be studied.
	www.history-ontheweb.co.uk /uni/durham.htm (728 words)

	Durham Cathedral History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The buildings of the NAVE, the CHOIR and their accompanying AISLES form the central body of the cathedral and it is these which were largely built to Carileph’s designs in the period 1093 to 1135.
		So strict was the rule against women entering the cathedral that in 1333 when Queen Philippa, wife of Edward III crossed the line to find sleeping quarters in the cathedral, she was forced to sleep elsewhere.
		The Bishop’s throne at Durham is the highest in Christendom.
	www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk /DurhamCathedral.htm (1715 words)

	Area Handbook Series/ Seychelles (Indian Ocean) / Bibliography
		From Blessing to Violence: History and Ideology in the Circumcision Ritual of the Merina of Madagascar.
		Nwulia, Moses D.E. The History of Slavery in Mauritius and the Seychelles, 1810-1875.
		Rivals in Eden: A History of the French Settlement and British Conquest of the Seychelles Islands: 1742-1818.
	www.country-data.com /frd/cs/seychelles/sc_bibl.html (4532 words)

	Old West Durham Neighborhood Association
		Durham County by Jean Anderson and The Durham Architectural And Historic Inventory (Historic Preservation Society of Durham) offer outstanding accounts of the impact Erwin Mills would have on the neighborhood.
		According to the Durham Inventory, Old West Durham boasts several mill homes with one of three basic designs: the simple pyramid roof, L-shaped or T-shaped (your standing at the mill determined the house in which you lived).
		OWDNA was honored by the Historic Preservation Society of Durham with the Pyne Preservation Award, by Preservation North Carolina with the
	www.owdna.org /history.htm (3730 words)

	AllRefer.com - Durham, John George Lambton, 1st earl of (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Durham, John George Lambton, 1st earl of, British And Irish History, Biographies
		Durham, John George Lambton, 1st earl of [dUr´ u m] Pronunciation Key, 1792–1840, British statesman.
		Durham submitted (1839) the Report on the Affairs of British North America, which has been called the Magna Carta of the British colonies.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/Durham-J.html (298 words)

	History at a Glance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1701, Durham’s beauty was chronicled by the explorer John Lawson, who called the area “the flower of the Carolinas.” During the mid-1700’s, Scots, Irish, and English colonists settled on land granted to John Carteret, Earl of Granville, by King Charles I (for whom the Carolinas are named).
		After the ceasefire in Durham, Yankee and Rebel troops celebrated together and discovered Brightleaf tobacco—with a taste that led to the ultimate success of Washington Duke and his family and spawned one of the world’s largest corporations (which included American Tobacco, Liggett and Meyers, R.J. Reynolds, and P. Lorillard).
		Durham Bibliography compiled by staff of the Durham County library.
	www.durham-nc.com /secondary/history.php (1066 words)

	GENUKI: Howden History
		The jurisdiction, called Howdenshire, is a peculiar, under the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and comprises Howden, Laxton Chapel, Barmby Chapel, Eastrington, Hemmingbrough, Barlby Chapel, Holtby, Brantingham, Skipwith, Elleker Chapel, Blacktoft, Welton, and Walkington.
		There is an ancient palace here which the bishops of Durham formerly made their Summer residence; the palace is supposed to have been erected by Walter Skirlaw, whose arms are yet seen in some parts of the ruins.
		The Bishops of Durham had a palace near the east-end of the church, which was once their favourite residence; and in which some of them exchanged their temporal for an eternal habitation, particularly Hugh Pudsey, who died in 1195, Walter de Kirkham in 1560, and Walter de Skirlaw in 1405.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/YKS/ERY/Howden/HowdenHistory.html (1364 words)

	History: About Us: Durham Aged Mineworkers Homes Association
		Durham Aged Miners Homes Association grew from the vision of John Hopper, a miner and lay preacher, who believed that a man who had served in the coal mines from the age of 12 to 65 or beyond deserved better than to be evicted from his tied colliery home when he retired.
		Although the Durham Coalfield is no more, the Association has survived and prospered, and continues to provide good quality homes for older people, the less physically active or disabled people.
		The slow decline of the Durham Coalfield was reflected in the reduced contributions from the Lodges.
	www.durhamhomes.org.uk /about_history.htm (1264 words)

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