John Heslop, chairman of the Freeman of Durham, and Mayor, Councillor John Wilkinson, with the 11 new members during the event at the Town Hall, in Durham. The latest intake includes: brothers Duncan and Martin Browell, from Alnwick and Craster, Northumberland, respectively; brother and sister Peter Gilroy and Claire Wigham, from West Yorkshire and Witton-le- […]
Freemen set a modern-day membership record, topping 200 for the first time in living memory.
A 4ft statue of St Giles, which stands above the entrance porch of the 900- year-old St Giles’ Church, in Gilesgate, Durham City, has been restored in a seven-day project.
Four sisters will make history today when they finally break down the barriers of an all-male preserve that has survived for nearly 700 years.The quartet – along with two of their daughters – will be simultaneously sworn in as the very first women members of the City of Durham Freemen’s ancient craft guilds at a […]