Journeys
to Durham
The city of Durham has been a popular destination for local, national and international visitors for centuries.
As well as being home to our fantastic collections, the city welcomes new students and staff from all over the world every year.
Come with us on this journey through the city to see some of the reasons people have chosen to visit Durham, then and now.
About the map: Detail from John Speed The bishoprick and citie of Durham. To be sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Church Yard London, 1676.
The full version of this map shows all of County Durham, noting its towns, villages, castles, parks, rivers and hills. This detail shows the city of Durham itself with the River Wear surrounding the Castle and Cathedral.
DUL NSR Planfile C 20/5
Click the icons to view items from our collections about historic visitors to Durham, as well stories from some of our current international students.
You may wish to click the icon in the bottom right corner to view the map in full-screen.
The city of Durham has been a popular destination for local, national and international visitors for centuries.
As well as being home to our fantastic collections, the city welcomes new students and staff from all over the world every year.
Come with us on this journey through the city to see some of the reasons people have chosen to visit Durham, then and now.
About the map: Detail from John Speed The bishoprick and citie of Durham. To be sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Church Yard London, 1676.
The full version of this map shows all of County Durham, noting its towns, villages, castles, parks, rivers and hills. This detail shows the city of Durham itself with the River Wear surrounding the Castle and Cathedral.
DUL NSR Planfile C 20/5
Click the icons to view items from our collections about historic visitors to Durham, as well stories from some of our current international students.
If you have never been to Durham before, go there at once. Take my car, it’s wonderful.
Bill Bryson
Not just people travel the world to come to Durham.
The books and archives at Palace Green Library come from all over the world too…
Not just people travel the world to come to Durham.
The books and archives at Palace Green Library come from all over the world too…
Migration Stories: The Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre
The story of this Catholic community is one of multiple journeys. In this audio, Dr Cormac Begadon from Durham University’s Department of Theology and Religion discusses how the group migrated across Europe before their turbulent journey eventually brought them back to England.
CHS 109/1: pp. 22-27
CHS 109/1: pp. 22-27
This account describes the Canonesses finally deciding that the time has come to flee Liège.
This account describes the Canonesses finally deciding that the time has come to flee Liège.
They had already sent some of their valuable goods to the Dutch city of Maastricht and are now taking as much as they can with them on boats that they had secured for the purpose.
They had already sent some of their valuable goods to the Dutch city of Maastricht and are now taking as much as they can with them on boats that they had secured for the purpose.
The barge that they were promised by a local coal merchant is nowhere to be seen and instead they have to embark on much smaller boats.
The barge that they were promised by a local coal merchant is nowhere to be seen and instead they have to embark on much smaller boats.
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
Jorge Luis Borges
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If you are planning your own journey to Durham, why not visit one of our visitor attractions, or walk one of the Northern Saints trails.
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