Durham

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Durham

County of northeast England

Area:

2,232 sq km/862 sq mi

Towns and Cities:

Durham (administrative headquarters), Newton Aycliffe, Peterlee, Chester-le -Street

Physical:

Pennine Hills; rivers Wear and Tees

Features:

Beamish open-air industrial museum; site of one of Britain's richest coalfields (pits no longer functioning); Bowes Museum; Barnard Castle; Durham cathedral; University of Durham, (1832) housed in Durham Castle; dales in the west of the county

Industries:

Clothing; chemicals; iron and steel processing; light engineering industries; quarrying; cement; pharmaceuticals

Agriculture:

Sheep; dairy produce; hill farming

Population:

(1995 est) 492,900

Famous People:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Anthony Eden