This blog 'Durham: Land, Buildings & Other Structures' will feature - by text, photography and extracts from documentary material - various pieces of land, standing buildings and assorted other structures in the historic city of Durham, England. The blog is in no way intended to be a comprehensive catalogue of such features, it's just a fairly random series of posts on things that happen to be of interest to me. I hope you enjoy the content.
Note on sources. As well as using the internet for information, which is clearly of variable quality, a great deal of my information is taken from a modest collection of books about Durham that I have accumulated over the years:
Clack, P., 1985. The Book of Durham City, Barracuda Books.
Pete Clack's book was one of the first (see Nelson, 1974, below) that I was aware of to include a collection of historical photographs of Durham. In 1983, I worked - as a volunteer - for Pete on his seasonal archaeological excavation at the Prior's manor house, Beurepaire, at Bear Park.
Dufferwiel, M., 1996. Durham. A thousand years of history and legend, Mainstream Publishing.
By his own admission, Martin Dufferwiel's book is not meant to be a definitive historical work, but it has a lovely narrative style which brings some often dry history vividly to life.
Durham Photographic Society, 1999. Durham Then & Now, Tempus Publishing.
In a similar vein to local historian Michael Richardson's on-going series of compilations of historic photographs (see below), this volume is particularly interesting in that it compared then current views of Durham with those seen in historic photographs (with some of the current views now looking rather historic in themselves).
Gradon, H.T., 1883. The Ancient City of Durham.
In addition to his photographic collections, Michael Richardson was able to reprint Henry Gradon's rare volume through Amberley Publishing in 2009, this being the version I have.
Nelson, I., 1974. Durham As It Was, Hendon Publishing.
An early collection of historic photographs of Durham, with detailed captions containing much useful information. Very much the forerunner of Michael Richardson's on-going series of photographic compilations (see below).
Pevsner, N., 1983. The Buildings of England. County Durham, 2nd edition (revised by E. Williamson), Penguin Books.
A faithful and trusted volume which has seen much use, my 'Pevsner' is the 1985 reprint (with corrections) of the 2nd edition.
In association with his Gilesgate Archive project, Michael Richardson has produced a superb series of collections of historic photographs of Durham. The ones I have and use for information are:
Memory Lane Durham City, 2000, Breedon Books Publishing.
Durham - The Photographic Collection, 2002, Sutton Publishing (this a compilation of two earlier volumes, Durham People in Old Photographs (1994) and Durham at Work (1995)).
Durham City New Discoveries, 2010, Derby Books Publishing.
(with Michelle Richardson) Durham City in Colour 1960-1970, 2011, Amberley Publishing.
Note on sources. As well as using the internet for information, which is clearly of variable quality, a great deal of my information is taken from a modest collection of books about Durham that I have accumulated over the years:
Clack, P., 1985. The Book of Durham City, Barracuda Books.
Pete Clack's book was one of the first (see Nelson, 1974, below) that I was aware of to include a collection of historical photographs of Durham. In 1983, I worked - as a volunteer - for Pete on his seasonal archaeological excavation at the Prior's manor house, Beurepaire, at Bear Park.
Dufferwiel, M., 1996. Durham. A thousand years of history and legend, Mainstream Publishing.
By his own admission, Martin Dufferwiel's book is not meant to be a definitive historical work, but it has a lovely narrative style which brings some often dry history vividly to life.
Durham Photographic Society, 1999. Durham Then & Now, Tempus Publishing.
In a similar vein to local historian Michael Richardson's on-going series of compilations of historic photographs (see below), this volume is particularly interesting in that it compared then current views of Durham with those seen in historic photographs (with some of the current views now looking rather historic in themselves).
Gradon, H.T., 1883. The Ancient City of Durham.
In addition to his photographic collections, Michael Richardson was able to reprint Henry Gradon's rare volume through Amberley Publishing in 2009, this being the version I have.
Nelson, I., 1974. Durham As It Was, Hendon Publishing.
An early collection of historic photographs of Durham, with detailed captions containing much useful information. Very much the forerunner of Michael Richardson's on-going series of photographic compilations (see below).
Pevsner, N., 1983. The Buildings of England. County Durham, 2nd edition (revised by E. Williamson), Penguin Books.
A faithful and trusted volume which has seen much use, my 'Pevsner' is the 1985 reprint (with corrections) of the 2nd edition.
In association with his Gilesgate Archive project, Michael Richardson has produced a superb series of collections of historic photographs of Durham. The ones I have and use for information are:
Memory Lane Durham City, 2000, Breedon Books Publishing.
Durham - The Photographic Collection, 2002, Sutton Publishing (this a compilation of two earlier volumes, Durham People in Old Photographs (1994) and Durham at Work (1995)).
Durham City New Discoveries, 2010, Derby Books Publishing.
(with Michelle Richardson) Durham City in Colour 1960-1970, 2011, Amberley Publishing.
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