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Although on 10 May 1800, he had attended Westminster Abbey for the funeral of his Gibside heiress cousin, Mary Eleanor Bowes [14] [15] – acknowledged as the wealthiest woman in England [16] – he accepted no aid from his relatives at Gibside, the coal-rich estate in the Derwent Valley, County Durham, that his ancestor, Sir William Blakiston ...
He was created a Baronet of Longhirst and of Ulgham, both in the County of Northumberland, on 3 July 1893 [10] and then elevated to the peerage as Baron Joicey, of Chester-le-Street in the County of Durham, on 13 January 1906. [11] From 1887 his seat was Longhirst Hall near Morpeth, Northumberland.
County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), [note 1] is a ceremonial county in North East England. [3] The county borders Northumberland and Tyne and Wear to the north, the North Sea to the east, North Yorkshire to the south, and Cumbria to the west. The largest settlement is Darlington.
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Newton Hall is a large housing estate in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north of Durham, near Framwellgate Moor, Pity Me and Brasside. The East Coast Main Line runs the length of its east boundary. It is also a ward of Durham with a population taken at the 2011 census of 7323. [1]
Durham (/ ˈ d ʌr əm / ⓘ DURR-əm, locally / ˈ d ɜːr əm / listen ⓘ) [a] is a cathedral city and civil parish in the county of Durham, England. It is the county town and contains the headquarters of Durham County Council, the unitary authority which governs the district of County Durham. [3] [4] The built-up area had a population of ...
Thornton Hall is a privately owned 16th century manor house (now a farmhouse) at High Coniscliffe, near Darlington, County Durham. It is a Grade I listed building. The house was built in about 1550 for Ralph Talbois. The gabled central block of two storeys plus attics was originally flanked by gabled crosswings. The right wing remains.
Newton Hall, Durham, a large housing estate in County Durham, England; Newton Hall, Mobberley, a country house near Mobberley, Cheshire, England; Newton Hall, Newton-by-the-Sea, an 18th-century country house in Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, England