Durham Alliance For Community Care Ltd.

Other Businesses near Durham Alliance For Community Care Ltd.  Miners Hall, Red Hill, Durham, DH1 4BD

• E Ashcroft
  29 Sutton St
  Durham
  DH1 4BW
  
  
• British Red Cross
  Carers Project
  Flass Ho
  Waddington St
  DH1 4BG
  
  
• Barbican Book Room
  28b Sutton St
  Durham
  DH1 4BW
  
  
• Company Car Cost Control
  13 Mowbray St
  Durham
  DH1 4BH
  
  
• A Doonan
  29 Sutton St
  Durham
  DH1 4BW
  
  
• Durham Dance Wear Supplies
  29 Sutton St
  Durham
  DH1 4BW
  
  

View more companies near Durham Alliance For Community Care Ltd. (DH1 4BD)....

Information about words in this company name or address

durham

This name, with variant spelling Durram, is of English locational origin from the city thus called in the North East of England. Recorded variously as Dunholm circa 1000, as Dunhelme in "Historia Anglorum", dated 1122, and as Donelme in the 1191, Fine Court Rolls of that city. The name derives from the Old English "dun", a hill, plus the Old Scandinavian "holm", , an island or piece of raised land partly surrounded by streams. The surname first appears on record in the mid 12th Century, . One, William de Durham, witness, appears in the 1236, "Fine Court Rolls of Essex", and a Robertus de Durham was one of twelve Scots knights appointed to settle the laws of the marches in 1249, "Scottish Acts of Parliament". Walter Durham of Dumfriesshire rendered homage to Edward 1 in 1296, and Lawrence Durham was recorded in the 1400, London Assize Court Rolls. Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calerwood Durham , wounded at Trafalgar, 1805, became G.C.B. and admiral, 1830. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Osbert de Dunelm, which was dated 1163, in the "The Pipe Rolls of London", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189.

alliance

1. the act of allying or state of being allied.
2. a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
3. a merging of efforts or interests by persons, families, states, or organizations: an alliance between church and state.
4. the persons or entities so allied.
5. marriage or the relationship created by marriage between the families of the bride and bridegroom.
6. correspondence in basic characteristics; affinity: the alliance between logic and metaphysics

community

1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
2. a locality inhabited by such a group.
3. a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists : the business community; the community of scholars.
4. a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage: the community of Western Europe.
5. Eccles.a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule.
6. Ecol.an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.
7. joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.: community of property.
8. similar character; agreement; identity: community of interests.
9. the community,the public; society: the needs of the community

care

1. a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
2. a cause or object of worry, anxiety, concern, etc.: Their son has always been a great care to them.
3. serious attention; solicitude; heed; caution: She devotes great care to her work.
4. protection; charge: He is under the care of a doctor.
5. temporary keeping, as for the benefit of or until claimed by the owner: He left his valuables in the care of friends
In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others. It is the first element that must be established to proceed with an action in negligence. The plaintiff must be able to show a duty of care imposed by law which the defendant has breached. In turn, breaching a duty may subject an individual to liability in tort or delict. The duty of care may be imposed by operation of law between individuals with no current direct relationship , but eventually become related in some manner, as defined by common law .
1. care, attention, aid, tending, work
usage: the work of caring for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needed constant attention"
2. caution, precaution, care, forethought, judiciousness
usage: judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
3. concern, care, fear, anxiety
usage: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
4. care, predicament, quandary, plight
usage: a cause for feeling concern; "his major care was the illness of his wife"
5. care, charge, tutelage, guardianship, protection
usage: attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
6. care, maintenance, upkeep, repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
usage: activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care"