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Bishop Auckland (/ ˈ ɔː k. l ə n d / AWK-lənd) is a market town and civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, England.It is 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Darlington and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Durham.
Part of the Sessional Division of Bishop Auckland. [5]The constituency was created for the 1885 general election by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as one of eight new single-member divisions of the county of Durham, replacing the two 2-member seats of North Durham and South Durham.
Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, is a former bishop's palace located in the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England.The castle was a residence of the bishops of Durham from approximately 1183 and was their primary residence between 1832 and 2012, when the castle and its contents were sold to the Auckland Castle Trust (now the Auckland Project). [1]
King James I Academy (formally known as King James I Community Arts College) is a medium size academy school and sixth form centre for mixed gender aged 11–18 in the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham in northeast England. It traces its history to the early 17th century.
The building, which was designed by John Philpott Jones in the Gothic Revival style for the Bishop Auckland Town Hall and Market Company, was financed by private issue of shares and officially opened on 28 October 1862. [2] When it opened facilities included a large lecture hall capable of accommodating 800 people and a temperance hotel. [2]
The principal co-consecrators were Bishop Barry Jones of Christchurch and Bishop Charles Drennan of Palmerston North. [ 7 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In 2021, Lowe was the Vice President and Secretary of the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, and the bishops’ representative on Te Rūnanga o te Hāhi Katorika ō Aotearoa, the Church’s national Māori ...
The Bishop's House sits in the centre of the site. It is attached to the newer Pompallier Diocesan Centre by two glazed walkways that was built in 1989. [1] The British architect, Peter Paul Pugin, was influenced by his father's work at The Grange, Ramsgate and it is described as the finest example of Pugin architecture in New Zealand.
Twelve of the thirteen paintings are in Auckland Castle, in Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England, and one is in Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire. The series travelled to the Americas for the first time in 2016, to be displayed at the Meadows Museum in Dallas, Texas , from 17 September 2017 until 7 January 2018, and then in New York City at ...