DURHAM

(54° 46’ N., 1° 34’ W.), city, Durham shire; Parliamentary and municipal borough. Cathedral (founded XI. cent.) is one of finest in England; built on site of church which enshrined St. Cuthbert’s bones. Castle, erected by William the Conqueror, once occupied by Bishops of D., is now property of D. and mustard. Pop. 1921, 17,389.