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MAIDEN BOWER, an eminence 1½ mile W of Durham city. The prior and monks of Durham held aloft the corporax cloth of St. Cuthbert here, in sight of both armies, during the battle of Red Hills in 1346.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an eminence" (ADL Feature Type: "mountains") |
| Administrative units: | County Durham Ancient County |
| Place: | Maiden Bower |
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