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Gilesgate

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228: 66:. In modern usage Gilesgate can refer to the street, the smaller area (partly following old council boundaries) consisting of the street above the roundabout and the Sunderland Road estate, Gilesgate Moor and High Grange Estate. 42:. The street was divided in the 1960s by the construction of the A690 and the demolition of a number of houses, pubs and shops at the foot of Gilesgate Bank to construct a roundabout. East of Gilesgate itself was 101:
include Gilesgate, Laurel Avenue, St Hilds (Church of England) and St Joseph's (Roman Catholic). Gilesgate also has two retail parks, Dragonville and Durham retail parks.
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Gilesgate is now a suburb of Durham and has a wide range of shops such as a Tesco Extra and a number of pubs, including
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was built within the parish. Additional housing was constructed along the Sherburn Road in the 1930s, including the
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Gilesgate was originally the main street in a settlement associated with
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Durham: Historic and University City and surrounding area
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Margot Johnson. "Gilesgate and St. Mary Magdalene" in
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Durham
County Durham
2011 census
the Hospital of St Giles
St Giles Church
Gilesgate Moor
New Durham
Sherburn Road Estate
Framwelgate
Second World War
Victoria Cross
parish church of St Giles
grade I listed
Roman Catholic
primary schools
Kepier Hospital
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094610509X
"Durham ward population 2011"
"Life after the age of the collieries"
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