County Palatine of Durham <\/strong>was succeeded to County Durham<\/strong> or just Durham<\/strong>. A Historic County located in Northern England with borders Northumberland, Yorkshire, Westmorland and Cumberland (Cumbria). Durham has a mixture of mining and farming heritage as well as railways, Durham Castle and Cathedral are designated World Heritage Sites. Steeped in history from the Bishop of Durham to St Cuthbert and Norman capture in 1069.<\/p>","Local names, <\/strong>which are also referred to as toponymic surnames, were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. They were also sometimes used to denote a person's nationality.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/westmorland_england.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/scotland-med2.webp","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/ireland_wexford.webp?pos=floatRight","","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Durham England.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books2.webp",null],"mode":"f","s":"Bernardin","sU":"BARNARD","oC":"SC","o":"Scottish","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"\/dpreview\/BARNARD\/SC\/Bernardin\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"\/dpreview\/ANDERSON\/SC\/Anderson\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}