In that year he was the senior layman present at the examination of the remains of Saint Cuthbert at Durham prior to their re-interment.

Bede's remains may have been transferred to Durham Cathedral in the 11th century ; his tomb there was looted in 1541, but the contents were probably re-interred in the Galilee chapel at the cathedral.

In July 1962, he was invested with the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the universities of Oxford and Durham.

Chaplin was also awarded honorary Doctor of Letters degrees by the University of Oxford and the University of Durham in 1962.

It was here that his sister Martha was born, before they once more moved, this time to Durham, North Carolina, then to Boise, Idaho and then to Alexandria, Virginia.

* With reference to Gibbon's comments, Joseph Barber Lightfoot ( late 19th century theologian and former Bishop of Durham ) pointed out that Eusebius ' statements indicate his honesty in stating what he was not going to discuss, and also his limitations as a historian in not including such material.

Some incorrectly attribute the first recording to Eddie Durham, but his recording with the Kansas City Five was 15 days later.

At around this time the ad hoc meetings of Friends began to be formalized and a monthly meeting was set up in County Durham.

The strict M ' Naghten standard for the insanity defense was used until the 1950s and the Durham v. United States case.

In the Durham case, the court ruled that a defendant is entitled to acquittal if the crime was the product of his mental illness ( i. e., crime would not have been committed but for the disease ).

He was buried here, his remains later translated to Durham Cathedral ( along with the relics of Saint Eadfrith of Lindisfarne ).

The bishopric was transferred to Durham in AD 1000.

The " modern " opening of the tomb was by James Farrer, an antiquarian and the Member of Parliament for South Durham, in July 1861.

Smith's father, Kenneth, was born in Tow Law, County Durham, and worked at a coal mine during the Second World War looking after the pit ponies.

In 1039, Strathclyde was attacked by the Northumbrians, and a retaliatory raid led by Duncan against Durham in 1040 turned into a disaster.

For these efforts, he was awarded the Otto Hahn Peace Medal in 1989, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 and the Harvey Prize in 1992 as well as Honorary Doctorates from University of Calgary in 1993, Durham University in 1995, Trinity College in 2002 and University of Münster in 2005, and Eureka College in 2009.

In Durham, there was Penetration, with lead singer Pauline Murray.

The Parapsychological Association ( PA ) was created in Durham, North Carolina, on June 19, 1957.

After the Lower Canada Rebellion led by Louis-Joseph Papineau in 1837, and the Upper Canada Rebellion led by William Lyon Mackenzie, Lord Durham was appointed governor general of British North America and had the task of examining the issues and determining how to defuse tensions.

) He appointed as regents Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham, and William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex — who soon died and was replaced by Richard's chancellor William Longchamp.

Production was due to also take place in Seaham, County Durham, but government restrictions disallowed this.

Reginald of Durham recounts another miracle, saying that his right arm was taken by a bird ( perhaps a raven ) to an ash tree, which gave the tree ageless vigor ; when the bird dropped the arm onto the ground, a spring emerged from the ground.

Oswald's head was interred in Durham Cathedral together with the remains of Cuthbert of Lindisfarne ( a saint with whom Oswald became posthumously associated, although the two were not associated in life ; Cuthbert became bishop of Lindisfarne more than forty years after Oswald's death ) and other valuables in a quickly made coffin, where it is generally believed to remain, although there are at least four other claimed heads of Oswald in continental Europe.

Stephen's wife Matilda was sent to negotiate another agreement between Stephen and David, called the treaty of Durham ; Northumbria and Cumbria would effectively be granted to David and his son Prince Henry, in exchange for their fealty and future peace along the border.

* John George Brown ( 1831 – 1913 ), American painter born Durham, England

Chapman was born in Burnopfield, County Durham, England.

He was born between 1248 and 1250 at an unknown location, possibilities include Galloway, Picardy and Barnard Castle, County Durham.

Idle was born in South Shields, County Durham in Harton village.

* David Anthony Durham ( born 1969 ), American novelist

* Geoffrey Durham ( born 1949 ), British comedy magician and actor

* Hugh Durham ( born 1937 ), American college basketball coach

* Jim Durham ( born 1947 ), American sportscaster

* Judith Durham ( born 1943 ), Australian singer, member of The Seekers

* Leon Durham ( born 1957 ), American baseball player

* Ray Durham ( born 1971 ), American baseball player

* Rhea Durham ( born 1978 ), American fashion model

* Ron Durham ( born 1921 ), Australian rules footballer

* Woody Durham ( born 1941 ), American radio announcer

Robson was born in South Shields, County Durham, of Scottish descent to a family of six siblings.

* Bill Smith ( footballer born 1897 ), English footballer with Durham City and York City

He and his wife, Margaret, were both born in Durham, England, and now had four children: Tom, the eldest, Charles, William and a baby girl of a few months.

* Michael Durham, born in Sulphur, was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Johnny Grunge.

He was born at Sheffield and educated at the Sheffield Grammar School ( where his father Thomas Balguy was headmaster until his death in 1696 ) and at St John's College, Cambridge, graduated BA in 1706, was ordained in 1710, and in 1711 obtained the small living of Lamesley and Tanfield in Durham.

Cecily was called " the Rose of Raby ", because she was born at Raby Castle in Durham, and " Proud Cis ", because of her pride and a temper that went with it.

He was born in Felling, County Durham, the son of a stonemason and was apprenticed to his cousin, Thomas Barnes, a Northumberland coal viewer.

Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC ( born 27 February 1941 ), usually known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician and diplomat.

* David Jenkins ( bishop ) ( born 1925 ), former Bishop of Durham