Alfred Robert
Tucker
Curate of St. Nicholas
Durham
1885 – 1899
3rd Bishop E.Eq.
Africa
1890 – 1899
1st Bishop of Uganda
1899 – 1911
Canon of Durham
1911 – 1914
Born 1 April 1849
Died 15 June 1914
I . . . — — Map (db m126288) HM
Capt Isidore Newman, MBE
Jewish Secret Agent WW2
Special Operations Executive (SOE)
lived at 52/53 Hawthorn Terrace.
He was betrayed in France
and murdered in Mauthausen
concentration camp in 1944
Be strong and of good courage, . . . — — Map (db m222723) HM WM
Charles William Vane Stewart
3rd Marquis of Londonderry
Earl Vane and Baron Stewart
Of Stewarts Court K.C. G.C.B.
Lord Lieutenant County of Durham
And Founder of Seaham Harbour
General in the Army
Born May 8th 1778 Died March 6th 1854 . . . — — Map (db m126168) HM
The Cloister, the area you are in now, is a series of four covered walkways set around a central grassed area, called the Cloister Garth. The first Cloister at Durham was built in the 11th century, and was later enlarged and extended. It provided a . . . — — Map (db m253727) HM
Durham Cathedral and Castle World Heritage Site
In Accord with the Principles of the World Heritage Convention Durham Cathedral and Castle have been designated a World Heritage Site
One of a number of protected areas of outstanding natural and . . . — — Map (db m122207) HM
1758 1968
The Durham Light Infantry
Dedicated to All
Who Served in the Regiment
And in Memory of
Those Who Gave Their Lives
In the Cause of Freedom
Faithful
( side plaque )
The Regiment’s long connection with County . . . — — Map (db m126171) HM WM
George William Kitchin
Dean of Winchester
1883 1894
Dean of Durham
1894 1912
First Chancellor of
Durham University
Born Dec 7 · 1827
Died Oct 13 · 1912 — — Map (db m126289) HM
Remember in these cloisters which were finished in his day
John Washington
of Washington in this county, prior of this cathedral church 1416-1446, whose family has won an everlasting name in lands to him unknown. — — Map (db m253730) HM
Neptune
This statue was given to the City in 1729
by George Bowes M.P. of Gibside and Streatlam
as a symbol of the scheme to link Durham to the sea
by improved navigation of the River Wear.
It stood on top of the Market Place wellheads . . . — — Map (db m126170) HM
Old Registry
County Court House on this Site 1588 – 1811
Rebuilt as Diocesan Registry 1822
Passed to Union Society 1935
And to University Library 1978 — — Map (db m126290) HM
The Cloister has had lots of changes, repairs and conservation work over the years:
• 1000s: The first Cloister was built.
• 1093-1133: It was enlarged when the Norman Cathedral was built.
• Late 1100s: Bishop Hugh le Puiset remodelled the . . . — — Map (db m253728) HM
