Scroll down for video Anthony Bek was the Bishop-Prince of Durham from around 1284–1310. Born into a family of knights around the year 1245, Bek went on to become one of the most influential ...

It was created for Antony Bek, who became Bishop of Durham in 1284 and was one of the ... locations around the grounds of the castle. Anthony Bek served Henry III and then Edward I, whom he ...

The chapel was constructed during the early 14th century during the rule of Prince Bishop of Durham, Anthony Bek (1284-1310). The building, which housed two chapels, would have dominated the ...

the remains of Bek’s chapel disappeared under vegetation and then, as the castle grew, other buildings went on top of it – by curious coincidence today’s Bishop of Durham has his office desk ...

Bishop Hugh was a nephew of King Stephen ... point to a substantive reworking soon after 1300 by another of the most assertive Bishops of Durham, Anthony Bek. It was presumably at the same time that ...

On this day in 2020, the discovery of the "sumptuous" chapel of the medieval Prince Bishops of Durham was announced, nearly ...

But this chapel didn’t belong to royalty—instead, it was built for Antony Bek, a clergyman who was appointed Bishop of Durham in 1283. Bek came from a family of knights and had close ties to ...

Bek’s Chapel was a two-storey addition to Auckland Castle, which now stands in County Durham, originally built for one of the UK’s richest bishops Anthony Bek. Constructed in the 14th ...