Overview
Durham Castle and Cathedral is recorded as World Heritage place in England County Durham. The record points to physical evidence, a protected place or a recorded event connected with local history. The detailed wording held by the source is kept in the account below.
What this place is
The saved record identifies Durham Castle and Cathedral as World Heritage place: physical evidence, a protected place or a recorded event connected with local history. Its exact name and mapped position tie that description to this place.
People and events
The short record does not safely name every maker, owner, worker, victim, witness or visitor. People and events are left open unless the source wording below identifies them.
How it was used
The recorded type shows that this was physical evidence, a protected place or a recorded event connected with local history. It does not by itself prove every date, change of use or local story, so those details are not filled with guesses.
What survives
The source record says: The National Heritage List for England records Durham Castle and Cathedral as a world heritage place. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Why it mattered
Durham Castle and Cathedral keeps a real trace, object or event tied to the local landscape. It gives later research an exact starting point and helps show how work, travel, defence, belief, danger or daily life shaped the area.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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