Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Durham - Puzzle

DURHAM – PUZZLE
The combination of the Old English ‘dun’, meaning ‘hill’, and the Old Norse ‘holme’, meaning ‘island’, resulted in the present name of the town (“Durham”, [s.d.]). The name is believed to have been assigned to the site on which the city stands by monks who had been divinely led to the area for the burial of Saint Cuthbert’s bier (“Dun Cow”, [s.d.]). Durham is a hilly city, which claims to be built upon the symbolic seven hills (“Durham”, [s.d.]).

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11TH-CENTURY CASTLE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
BLACK STAIRCASE
CHAPTER
COUNTY PALATINE
COURT OF CHANCERY
CROMWELL
DEAN
DIVINE PROVIDENCE
DUNCOW
DURHAM UNIVERSITY
HM PRISON DURHAM
KING CHARLES I
KING / NEPTUNE
LINDISFARNE MONKS
LORD BISHOP
MAYOR OF LONDON
MEDIAEVAL PILGRIMS
MINERS' GALA
NORMAN CATHEDRAL
OLD ELVET
PALACE GREEN
PASSENGER RAILWAY
RIVER WEAR
SAINT BEDE
SAINT CUTHBERT
SCOTTISH PRISONERS
SHRINE
SYMEON
THE BAILEY

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