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Durham Castle and Cathedral

Type:Castle / Fort

Owengate, Durham, County Durham, DH1 3HB

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Durham Cathedral was built between the late 11th and early 12th century to house the bodies of St. Cuthbert (634-687 AD) (the evangeliser of Northumbria) and the Venerable Bede (672/3-735 AD).

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