Sir, – Your leading article (D&S, May 1) claims that “Land of the Prince Bishops” is an accurate description of County Durham; I beg to differ. The Land of the Prince Bishops was the Diocese of Durham which until 1882, when the Diocese of Newcastle was formed, extended to the Scottish border. And its southern boundary was at the Tees, not halfway between Stockton and Sedgefield.
A further point is that the correct title for this county is the County of Durham, in the way in which we might speak of the County of York or the County of Lancaster and at one time this was shown on boundary signs.
If the D&S Times seeks to regard the rump that now remains as being the “true” County of Durham may I remind you that it no longer includes Darlington.
PETER ELLIOTT Eaglescliffe, County Durham.
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