A stunning 14th century medieval chapel gas been uncovered in County Durham, 370 years after it was destroyed in the wake of the First English Civil War ... Bek was the Bishop-Prince of Durham ...

Justin Welby lived close to Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland while he was Bishop of Durham - he was one the ... following its destruction in World War Two, and presented to him when he was canon ...

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 ... of the English Civil War in 1642 rocked the British ...

One happy point of continuity given this long association is that, despite the sale of the castle, the serving Bishop of Durham still maintains his office ... at all in the complex events of the civil ...

as Bishop of Durham, built and endowed a public library in the 1660s. Apart from a short period when it was stored in Cambridge during the English Civil War it had remained in Durham. Its ...

as Bishop of Durham, built and endowed a public library in the 1660s. Apart from a short period when it was stored in Cambridge during the English Civil War it had remained in Durham. Its ...