Church Commission Durham Dean and Chapter Estates Deposit 17th to 20th century

Church Commissioners for England

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Descent of the estates The estates of the Dean and Chapter of Durham were inherited, after some trimming, from those amassed by the priory of Durham. The Dean and Chapter and the bishop of Durham were by far the largest landowners in the Palatinate of Durham (which included parts of Northumberland as well as the historic county of Durham). Land was the prime source of wealth for such institutions, who could rent it out for agricultural use (with a growing revenue from the mineral ri...

Durham cathedral

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Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England.

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