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Durham City Church of St Giles

In the civil parish of Durham. In the historic county of Durham; County Palatinate of (Modern Authority of Durham, 1974 county of County Durham).

Church drastically reconstructed and enlarged in C19. The oldest part is the north wall of the nave, which is part of Bishop Flambard's church dedicated in 1112. The next stage is of the late C12 episcopate of Bishop Pudsey, when the nave was enlarged to include the chancel, a new chancel being added. In the early C13 the west tower was built and the ground plan completed. There are C15 as well as C19 alterations. According to Jackson this church was adapted as a siege castle in 1143. No visible remains of any fortifications. No mention of 1143 siege works in SMR or PastScape.
This site has been described as a;
Siege Work.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible. Nothing visible remains.
This site is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 110230)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ28394265

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from streetmap logo

Good for general location

Air Photo from multimap logo

1st edition OS Map from old maps logo

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape Defra ELS number; 917875 County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number; D2571

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This record last updated on Thursday, July 24, 2008

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