The City of Durham Trust

City of Durham Parish Council Plaques

• Daisy Edis – 142 Gilesgate
  • Daisy Edis (1888 – 1964) Pioneering Durham professional photographer lived at 142 Gilesgate and worked from her studio at 52 Sadler Street.
• Mary Gibson, Dora Heslop and Winifred Hindmarch – Chapel, St. Hild and St. Bede’s College
  • Here in 1898 Mary Gibson, Dora Heslop and Winifred Hindmarch graduated from St Hild’s Training College becoming the first female graduates of Durham University. Supra montem posita. [Placed above the mountain]
• Harrison House, Hawthorn Terrace
  • Harrison House. In this building the craftsmen of Harrison & Harrison built and restored pipe organs for cathedrals, churches and concert halls worldwide 1873 – 1996
• The Market Hall – outside the Market Hall
  • Market Hall. Designed by Philip Charles Hardwick for Durham Markets, a company created by Act of Parliament in 1851, on the site of New Place, the Tudor town house of the Earls of Westmorland. Built in two phases and opened in December 1852. Extensively refurbished in 1996 to facilitate 6 days a week trading.
• The Railway Cottages – Green Lane
  • Railway Cottages. These four houses are the last physical presence of the railway that ran to Elvet station. Passenger services ceased in 1931 but until 1954 Elvet re-opened annually for the Durham Miners Gala.
• Neville House – Ustinov College
  • Neville House. Original site of Neville’s Cross College opened September 1921 as a teacher training college. Now home to Ustinov College, Durham University, opened September 2017 to continue the tradition of academic development and support for postgraduate students.
• 20 Allergate
  • 20 Allergate. On 24 Feb 1328 John de Hert and Adam Tanner, keepers of the light of St Margaret’s, Crossgate, granted this property to Robert and Agnes de Plauseworth. It was formerly held by William de Cravan
• Fenwick Lawson – Bow Cottage, Bow lane
  • Bow Cottage. World-renowned sculptor Dr Fenwick Lawson ARCA lived here 1977 – 2015. The beloved ‘Journey’ and many other esteemed sculptures were created here.
• Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp – 12 Church Street
  • Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp renowned archaeologist and Anglo-Saxon specialised lived at 12 Church Street between 1972 and 1988. The first female Professor at Durham University, she developed the University’s Archaeology Department and led notable excavations at the twin monastery of Monkwearmouth – Jarrow.
• 33 Claypath. The site of Durham University’s Women’s Hostel established on 22nd April 1899 as the first residential accommodation for women students. It was later renamed St. Mary’s College which is now located on Elvet Hill Road.
  • The old plaque (which can be seen in the page ‘Other organisations’ plaques – Various’ is now stored in St. Mary’s College archive.