| Population: 163 | Grid Reference: NY951389 | Co-ordinates: 54.745, -2.077 |
Eastgate
Marking the eastern boundary of what was once the private hunting park of the Prince Bishops of Durham, Eastgate is home
to a number of medievel sites including possible hunting lodges and a settlement at Westerhopeburn.
Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge, a mining engineer, philanthropist, Liberal politician and founder of the world's first
department store was born in Eastgate. Here was an MP from 1895 to 1900.
Marking the eastern boundary of what was once the private hunting park of the Prince Bishops of Durham, Eastgate is home
to a number of medievel sites including possible hunting lodges and a settlement at Westerhopeburn.
Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge, a mining engineer, philanthropist, Liberal politician and founder of the world's first
department store was born in Eastgate. Here was an MP from 1895 to 1900.