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New College Durham was formed by the merger of Neville's Cross College in Neville's Cross and Durham Technical College in Framwellgate Moor in 1977. Neville's Cross College was a teacher training college established in 1921 by Durham County Council. It initially only admitted women but became mixed in 1963.
County Durham. 54°47′56″N 1°35′24″W / . 54.799°N 1.59°W. / 54.799; -1.59. Framwellgate Moor is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Durham, and is adjacent to Pity Me and Newton Hall. It had a population of 5,404 in the 2011 Census. [1]
Durham College. / 54.772314; -1.576700. New College, Durham, or Durham College, was a university institution set up by Oliver Cromwell, to provide an alternative to (and break the effective monopoly of) the older University of Oxford and University of Cambridge. It also had the aim of bringing university education to Northern England.
The school was formerly known as Framwellgate Moor Comprehensive School, and was commonly known by the initials FMCS. The school was granted Specialist Science College status in 2003. In 2011 the school was granted independent academy status as part of the UK Conservative government's "Big Society" education plans. This meant that the school ...
It is situated on the A167 trunk road to the west of the centre of Durham. The area is primarily residential, although there is a newsagent, a church, some public houses and two primary schools located there. The suburb was also home to part of New College Durham until the college consolidated onto its site at Framwellgate Moor in 2005. History
The history of Durham University spans over 190 years since it was founded by Act of Parliament. King William IV granted royal assent to the Act on 4 July 1832, and granted the university a royal charter on 1 June 1837, incorporating it and confirming its constitution. [1] The university awarded its first degrees on 8 June 1837.
Finchale Priory ( / ˈfɪŋkəl / FING-kəl ), sometimes referred to as Finchale Abbey, was a 13th-century Benedictine priory. The remains are sited by the River Wear, four miles from Durham, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
East Durham College. New College Durham is the city's largest college of further education. It was founded in 1977 as a result of a merger between Neville's Cross College of Education and Durham Technical College. The college operated on two main sites near the city of Durham: Neville's Cross and Framwellgate Moor. The site at Framwellgate Moor ...