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Gilesgate
Gilesgate in England North East, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Gilesgate is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Gilesgate is a street and an eastern inner suburb of Durham in County Durham, England. The street was once the main eastern route into Durham City. It runs east from the end of Claypath on the edge of Durham City centre, steeply uphill to Gilesgate Moor where it splits into Sunderland Road and Sherburn Road. As a suburb, Gilesgate is only loosely defined. Administratively at a local scale, it is split between the Elvet and Gilesgate Ward of the City of Durham parish, the Gilesgate Moor Ward of Belmont and an unparished area between the two. The Gilesgate Moor and Old Durham Middle Layer Super Output Area, approximating most of what is called Gilesgate, had a population at the 2021 census of 6746.
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Background
History
Gilesgate was originally the main street in a settlement associated with the Hospital of St Giles which was sited by the existing St Giles Church. Its Medieval name was Gillygate, and it developed as a "long deeply banked street" Additional housing was constructed along the Sherburn Road in the 1930s, including the Sherburn Road Estate, built to house residents from the slums of Framwelgate. Following the Second World War, a further council housing estate was constructed north of the Sunderland Road with the streets taking the names of war leaders and local recipients of the Victoria Cross. After many of the collieries closed, the suburb became largely residential, though some industrial…
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- Coordinates
- 54.7811, -1.5533
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Gilesgate?
- Gilesgate is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7811°, -1.5533°.