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The Freemen of Durham are the members of the eight Guilds or Companies comprising Barbers, Butchers, Cordwainers, Curriers, Drapers, Joiners, Masons and Plumbers. These Guilds are all that remain of the sixteen in the Middle Ages.
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A SMALL band of guardians, offering anyone in distress a safe night-time refuge within a central Durham church, have been handed a timely boost by the city’s freemen.

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Helping Make Durham’s Streets Safer At Night
​ A SMALL band of guardians, offering anyone in distress a safe night-time refuge within a central Durham church, have been handed a timely boost by the city’s freemen.
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January 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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YOUNG boxing gold medalists from Durham have earned themselves a special award from the city’s freemen – a £1,000 gift to help equip an extension to their purpose-built gym.

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Boxers are a big hit with Freemen after breaking records in Canada
YOUNG boxing gold medalists from Durham have earned themselves a special award from the city’s freemen – a £1,000 gift to help equip an extension to their purpose-built gym.
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January 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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STROKE victims from across Durham will enjoy “an enhanced quality of life” thanks to the continuing support of the city’s freemen.

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​Freemen Continue To Provide Hope For Isolated Stroke Victims
STROKE victims from across Durham will enjoy “an enhanced quality of life” thanks to the continuing support of the city’s freemen.
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January 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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A CENTURIES-old craft, which first emerged in England during the Middle Ages and went on to be nurtured for over two hundred years in the homes of Durham’s coal and lead mining families.

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Quilters Warmly Welcome Gift To Develop Their Craft
ACENTURIES-old craft, which first emerged in England during the Middle Ages and went on to be nurtured for over two hundred years in the homes of Durham’s coal and lead mining families, is poised to r...
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January 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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REMEMBRANCE Sunday in Durham will be marked again by a double tribute to “The Fallen” – both supported together for the first time by the Durham City Freemen Charitable Trust.

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Durham’s Double Tribute To “The Fallen”
REMEMBRANCE Sunday in Durham will be marked again by a double tribute to “The Fallen” – both supported together for the first time by the Durham City Freemen Charitable Trust.
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January 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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A FAMILY, whose modern-day footprint on the freemen’s seven centuries of history is near impossible to match, established a generational “quadruple” first at this year’s November Guild Day.

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Four Successive Generations Deliver A Rare “Quadruple”
A FAMILY, whose modern-day footprint on the freemen’s seven centuries of history is near impossible to match, established a generational “quadruple” first at this year’s November Guild Day.
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January 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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THREE foodbanks, which have provided emergency grocery parcels to hundreds of crisis-hit families in the Durham area over the past year, have been gifted £1,000 by the charitable trust of the city’s freemen.

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Charities Link Up To Feed City's Hungry Families
THREE foodbanks, which have provided emergency grocery parcels to hundreds of crisis-hit families in the Durham area over the past year, have been gifted £1,000 by the charitable trust of the city’s f...
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January 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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A SANDSTONE tablet of King Charles’s official cipher, hand-crafted by a Durham Cathedral mason, has gone on display in a village hall.

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FORMER DURHAM PIT VILLAGE CLAIMS A UNIQUE ROYAL DOUBLE
SANDSTONE tablet of King Charles’s official cipher, hand-crafted by a Durham Cathedral mason, has gone on display in a village hall – alongside an official letter of commendation from his mother, the ...
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January 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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AN independently-run mental health charity, stretched by “a huge increase” in demand for its services, has been thrown a financial life-line by Durham City Freemen.

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Charity facing soaring demand handed vital injection of cash
AN independently-run mental health charity, stretched by “a huge increase” in demand for its services, has been thrown a financial life-line by Durham City Freemen.
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January 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM