Historic houses · North East England
Kepier Hospital
In or near Durham.
Kepier Hospital in England North East, United Kingdom.
David Hawgood — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Durham · 1.3 km
About
Kepier Hospital 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
Kepier Hospital (properly the Hospital of St Giles of Kepier) was a medieval hospital at Kepier, Durham, England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Architecture
The hospital was refounded beside the River Wear at Kepier, c.1180, by Bishop Hugh le Puiset with an establishment of thirteen brethren, serving around thirteen (male) inmates as well as travellers and pilgrims. Puiset bestowed more lands, including the village of Clifton, a lead-mine in Weardale, a peat bog at Newton, and more rights to corn from the Bishop's villages (gillycorn). To further secure the finances of the hospital, Puiset granted a charter allowing the creation of the borough of St Giles, the nucleus of modern Gilesgate, with many burgesses probably drawn from Caldecotes and Clifton. Kepier was frequently bound up with the politics of the border country, with Edward I and…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.7832, -1.5622
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Belmont
- Postcode
- DH1 1LB
- Parliamentary constituency
- City of Durham
- Established
- 1112
- Nearest railway station
- Durham — 1.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q6393137 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Kepier Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kepier Hospital?
- Kepier Hospital is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DH1 1LB), in the parish of Belmont.
- What is Kepier Hospital?
- Kepier Hospital in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Kepier Hospital?
- The nearest railway station is Durham, about 1.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode DH1 1LB.
- When was Kepier Hospital built?
- Built or established in 1112.
- How do I get to Kepier Hospital?
- The nearest railway station is Durham, about 1.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DH1 1LB.