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Kepier Hospital
Kepier Hospital in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
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.
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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…
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- Coordinates
- 54.7832, -1.5622
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Belmont
- Postcode
- DH1 1LB
- Parliamentary constituency
- City of Durham
- Established
- 1112
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.
- When was Kepier Hospital built?
- Built or established in 1112.
- How do I get to Kepier Hospital?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DH1 1LB. It sits within the City of Durham parliamentary constituency.