Old Durham

It is situated approximately 1 mile east of central Durham and south of Gilesgate.

[1][2][3] Old Durham's 17th-century gardens became a popular attraction, which led to the opening of the Pineapple Inn to provide refreshments for local visitors.

[5] Their son William Tempest, Member of Parliament for the City of Durham in 1678, 1680 and 1689 also resided here.

The Tempests deserted Old Durham in favour of Sherburn and Wynyard in 1742[6] and were ancestors of the Vane-Tempest-Stewarts, Earls Vane and Marquesses of Londonderry Old Durham was the site of a colliery with the Marquis of Londonderry's Lord Ernest pit opening in 1849.

The remains of a railway embankment cut across the area, which featured two bridges, leading to the now-demolished Elvet Station at the end of the Durham Sunderland Line.