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County Durham lends its name to the administrative county of Durham County Council. However, the two are legally distinct from one another and have different boundaries.
County Durham lends its name to the administrative county of Durham County Council. However, the two are legally distinct from one another and have different boundaries.
==Geography==
County Durham lies in north-eastern England, in the heart of the former Anglian kingdom Northumbria. It has a coastline on the [[North Sea]] in the east, stretching from the [[River Tees|Tees]] estuary in the south to the Tyne estuary in the north. The River Tees forms the county's southern border with [[Yorkshire]]. [[Cumberland]] and [[Westmorland]] lie across the Pennine Hills to the west, with [[Northumberland]] lying to the north.
County Durham is a largely hilly shire, with the western part of the county dominated by the Pennines. The highest point in the County Palatinate is Burnhope Seat, a moorland fell in the North Pennines with a height of 2,451 ft or 747 meters. The heart of the county is dominated by the River Wear, which forms a meander around Durham Cathedral in the county town.
County Durham, as with neighbouring Cumberland, Northumberland, Westmorland, is traditionally divided into Wards, which are analogous the Hundreds or Wapentakes of other counties. Chester Ward comprises the northern portion of the county, Darlington Ward lies in the south-west, Easington Ward is located centrally on the county's coastline and Stockton Ward covers the south-east of the county.
==History==
==History==