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>","A family seat,<\/strong> or simply a seat,<\/strong> was the principal manor of a medieval lord, which was normally an elegant country mansion and usually denoted that the family held political and economic influences in the area. In some cases, the family seat was a manor house.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/bayeux1.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books2.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Yorkshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Durham England.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/castle1.webp?pos=floatRight",null],"mode":"f","s":"Tempest","sU":"TEMPEST","oC":"EN","o":"English","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"\/dpreview\/TEMPEST\/EN\/Tempest\/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",""]}