City of Durham Parish Council

Chapel, Hild & Bede

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.

Erected by the City of Durham Parish Council

The plaque to Mary Gibson, Dora Heslop and Winifred Hindmarch

The plaque

The old chapel, the College of St Hild and St Bede

The old chapel, the College of St Hild and St Bede

Daisy Edis

Daisy Edis (1888 – 1964) Pioneering Durham professional photographer lived at 142 Gilesgate and worked from her studio at 52 Sadler Street.

Plaque erected by the City of Durham Parish Council.

The plaque for Daisy Edis

The plaque for Daisy Edis

142 Gilesgate, showing Plaque

142 Gilesgate

 

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