Detective Peter Elvet needs your help to solve the
case of the missing key. Can you find the clues by
answering these questions about Victorian Durham?
Follow your map, whenever you see a symbol marked,
stop and answer the question. Your teacher will give you
some information to help.
1) During the Victorian period this road was called Queen Street.
What is this road called today?
2) The buildings on North Bailey would have been houses belonging to middle class families. Can you guess what the arch shaped indent near the door might be? Circle your answer.
Bricked up tunnel Boot scraper Decorative feature
3) No. 45 North Bailey would have been the house of a middle class family, such as the Griffiths family. They would have had many visitors. How would visitors let people know they were outside?
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4) The Assembly rooms would have been used by Victorian families. Today the building is used by students for the same purpose. What might this be? Circle your answer.
School Shop Hotel Theatre
5) At the bottom of Dun Cow Lane you can see the wall around the grounds of the Cathedral. This would have looked different in the Victorian period. What is missing?
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6) These houses have small holes and metal doors on the fronts of the houses. They are not used today but would have been used regularly in the Victorian period. What could they be? Circle your answer.
Coal chutes Dog kennels Post boxes
7) The building opposite number 22 was not a house during the Victorian period. What do you think the steps on the outside of the building were used for?
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8) 25 North Bailey has a small set of steps leading below street level. Where do you think these lead?
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9) The buildings on South Bailey would have belonged to upper middle class families. Look at the house opposite 1 South Bailey. How many storeys can you see? Circle your answer.
1 3 6 10
10) Can you see the small window in the attic? Who would have slept in this room?
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11) The Greenwell family might have lived in a house like number 2 South Bailey. What is unusual about the door to this house?
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12) Draw a picture of the door to 2 South Bailey.
13) During the Victorian period St Johns College was the home of a wealthy family, such as the Bowes family. Describe how the basement of this house is different from that of 25 South Bailey.
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14) This tunnel leads to the College, a group of houses and buildings behind the Cathedral. Who would have used the door in this tunnel? How do you know?
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15) The school in the College would have been attended by boys in the Cathedral choir. What is this school called? Circle your answer.
Durham School Cathedral School Choristers School
16) As you walk through the Cathedral, back to Palace Green, look at the book at the entrance to the nave. What is written in this book?
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17) What object can you see near this book? Circle your answer.
A miners helmet A miners lamp A miners shovel
Well done for collecting all of the clues!
When you get back to school you can help
Peter Elvet to unlock the box to reveal a hidden section of the website at www. ....
Answer this question to find the password:
Which word follows North and South to give the names of the streets where Victorian families like the Greenwells lived?
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