Bishop Auckland
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Bishop Auckland books (1 available)
- 12 photos on Bishop Auckland appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Bishop Auckland
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Church Street Shildon
This street had changed little until the mid seventies. Today the street is still recogonisible with several of the buildings still looking the same style, but under new ownership.
A memory of Shildon contributed by Kevin Stevens
Aircraft crash 2nd World War
I believe that in 1946 an RAF plane crashed in Shildon. Does anyone have any information about it? If so, please can you contact my email address via this website.
A memory of Shildon contributed by christine scott
Infants school
Born and bred in Red Houses (then Red House Estate) at a time when everyone took time and effort to keep their home and gardens beautiful. Everyone knew everybody and it was a community that looked after each other. I remember going down to the infants' school (just off from cricket field) having a birthday and being given a cardboard cake by the teacher to open and take out sweets. Before Dale View was built that field had a lovely bank and at Easter we used to roll our paste eggs down the bank. Going over quarry heads and picking all the rosehips and taking them to Mrs. Hart in South Road to cash in.
A memory of High Etherley contributed by Marjorie Richardson
Shops
Bryant's Post Office with Mrs Robson, a Queen Motherish figure always dressed in a black two piece, dishing out pensions, stamps and postal orders from the aloof position behind her cage.
Duggie Bain's cobblers, the warm oily smell, my first football boots were bought there for 13/6d. The proprietor ever smiling, with his gold rimmed glasses, shiny bald head, gammy leg and leather apron, he could have been Pinnochio's dad Gepetto himself.
Harry Waggot's, as wide a range of foods as Morrisons, but served with courtesy, a smile and a joke for the kids. Next door was Peggy's wool shop, but a young lad would not be seen dead in there!
Gibsons, substitute Joyce and Mark for Gladys ...read more here
A memory of Howden Le Wear contributed by david quinn
Extracts From Bishop Auckland & County Durham books
Once one of the principal fortresses of the Bishops of Durham, Auckland’s transformation into a palatial residence began in 1661 when Bishop John Cosin had the 12th-century Great Hall remodelled: he added a clerestory, refaced the exterior and fitted a new roof.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
Begun as a manor house, Bishop Auckland was castellated around 1300, though much of the building shown here dates from the extensive alterations carried out in the 17th and 18th centuries. The former banqueting hall was converted by Bishop Cosin into the chapel of St Peter during the 1660s after the original had been demolished to make way for a mansion.
An extract from from"English Castles".
Bishop Richard Trevor spent over £16,000 remodelling Auckland. He commissioned the building of the south range, which was completed during the reign of his successor Bishop Egerton.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
One mile south-east of Bishop Auckland stands St Andrew’s Church. It holds the distinction of being the largest parish church in County Durham. Dating mainly from the 13th century, it features an impressive square west tower, an aisled nave, transepts and chancel. Its treasures include an effigy of a knight dating from c1340 and fragments of an 8th- or 9th-century Saxon cross.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
Here we see the impressive masonry-arched Newton Viaduct. The county boasted three of the highest bridges on the British railway network (rails above ground or high water level): Deepdale at 161 ft, Hownes Gill at 150 ft, and the Hawthorn at 110.5 ft.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".