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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Maiden Bower like this:
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.
Maiden Bower is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Maiden Bower itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Maiden Bower in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25665
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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