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We are Durham City Freemen

The Freemen of Durham are the members of the eight Guilds or Companies comprising Barbers, Butchers, Cordwainers, Curriers, Drapers, Joiners, Masons and Plumbers. These Guilds are all that remain of the sixteen in the Middle Ages of which there is written evidence going back as far as 1450.

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Alan Metcalf
Alan Metcalf
Chairman of the Wardens, Secretary of the Charitable Trust & Deputy Warden Barbers' Company
Eric Bulmer
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Vincent Syson
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