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The territory that became known as County Durham was originally a liberty under the control of the Bishops of Durham. The liberty was known variously as the Liberty of Durham, Liberty of St Cuthbert's Land, The lands of St. Cuthbert between Tyne and Tees or The Liberty of Haliwerfolc.

COUNTY DURHAM: Barnard Castle, Beamish Museum, Binchester Roman Fort, Causey Arch, Durham Cathedral, Finchdale Priory, Hardwick Hall Country Manor, Raby Castle,

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BARNARD CASTLE
Barnard Castle is a town in Teesdale, County Durham named after the castle around which it grew up. It sits on the north side of the River Tees, opposite Startforth, 34 miles south southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne, 30 miles west of Middlesbrough and 21 miles southwest of the county town of Durham ...

BEAMISH MUSEUM
Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum is an open air museum located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley, County Durham. Beamish's guiding principle is to show what life was like in urbanised North East England at the climax of industrialisation in the early 20th century ...

BINCHESTER ROMAN FORT
Binchester Roman Fort (called Vinovia by the Romans) is situated just over 1 mile to the north of the town of Bishop Auckland on the banks of the River Wear. The fort was the site of a hamlet until the late middle-ages, but the modern-day village of Binchester is about 2 miles to the east ...

CAUSEY ARCH
The Causey Arch is a bridge near Stanley in County Durham. It is the world's oldest surviving railway bridge. It was built in 1725-26 by stonemason Ralph Wood, funded by a conglomeration of coal-owners known as the Grand Allies at a cost of £12,000 ...

DURHAM CATHEDRAL
The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham - known as Durham Cathedral - in the city of Durham, England, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Durham. The Bishopric dates from 995, with the present cathedral being founded in AD 1093 ...

FINCHDALE PRIORY
Finchale Priory (pronounced finkle) was a 13th century Benedictine priory, the remains are sited by the River Wear, four miles from Durham. It is a Grade I listed building. There are some remains of the early 12th century stone chapel of St John the Baptist, the site of Godric of Finchale's burial ...

HARDWICK HALL COUNTRY MANOR
Hardwick Hall County Park is a park located in County Durham near Sedgefield. It is registered with the Register of Parks and Gardens as a II site, which indicates that a park is of exceptional historic interest. ...

RABY CASTLE
Raby Castle is situated near Staindrop in County Durham and is one of the largest inhabited castles in England. The Grade I listed building has opulent eighteenth and nineteenth century interiors inside a largely unchanged, late medieval shell ...

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