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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Houses in County Durham, Museums in County Durham, Raby Castle, Beamish Museum, Walworth Castle, St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street, Auckland Castle, Tanfield Railway, North of England Lead Mining Museum, List of monastic houses in County Durham, Shildon Locomotion Museum, List of museums in County Durham, Wynyard Park, County Durham, Durham Castle, HMS Trincomalee, Preston Hall, Preston-on-Tees, Lambton Castle, Streatlam Castle, Beamish Hall, Seaham Hall, PS Wingfield Castle, Ravensworth Castle, Bowes Museum, Heugh Battery, Lumley Castle, Hartlepool's Maritime Experience, Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, Windlestone Hall, Durham Drama Festival, Lartington Hall, Croxdale Hall, Elemore Hall, Whitworth Hall, County Durham, Eggleston Hall, Low Dinsdale Manor, Sockburn Hall, Rokeby Park, Hamsterley Hall, Redworth Hall, The Old Hall, Hurworth-on-Tees, The Castle, Castle Eden, Peculius Stage, Museum of Hartlepool, Horsley Hall, Headlam Hall, Shotton Hall. Excerpt: Raby Castle (grid reference ) is situated near Staindrop in County Durham and is one of the largest inhabited castles in England. The Grade I listed building has opulent eighteenth and nineteenth century interiors inside a largely unchanged, late medieval shell. It is the home and seat of John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard, who is the present lord of the castle. The castle is famed for both the size of the building and the artworks contained within it, including famous old masters and examples of portraiture. The castle was greatly fortified by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby in approximately 1360. Cecily Neville, who was the mother of the Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born here. The Nevilles lost the castle after they led the failed Rising of the North in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1569. Sir Henry Vane the Eld...
