The City of Durham Trust

Coats of arms on Palace Green

• Coat of arms above door of University Police Office (so worn details unreadable)
• Coat of arms Older inscription on the Almshouses – when was this inscription made?
  • Hospitale epi Dunelm pro VIII pauperibus fundat per Joh Episcop A-D-MDCLXVI [Episcopal Hospital of Durham, founded by Bishop John for eight paupers, AD 1666]
• Coat of arms above door next to Almshouses (so worn details unreadable)
• Coat of arms above door of the Pemberton Building
• Coat of arms on Library building drainpipe
  • W D 1834
• Coats of arms over LHS door of Library building
• Coat of arms over main Library door
  • Non minima pars epvditionis est ponos nossi librcis [Not a small part of the investment is to set up the books]
• Coat of arms over RHS door of Library building
• Coats of arms on Library building next to Castle entrance

Note: attribution of coat of arms in progress