County Durham Historic Churches

There has been a Quaker meeting on Skinnergate since 1678 but the present Grade II* listed meeting house was begun in 1839. Behind the meeting house is a 17th-century burial ground housing some 1,000 early Quakers, including Edward Pease, the 'Father of the Railways'.
6 Skinnergate, Darlington, County Durham, England, DL3 7NB

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Heritage Highlight: 17th-century burial ground

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St Cuthbert's Church is known as The Lady of the North. The church was begun in 1180 and boasts outstanding 13th-century architecture, with medieval misericords, a 15th-century Easter Sepulchre, Saxon crosses, and a 10th-century Danish hogback gravestone.
The Market Place, Darlington, County Durham, England, DL1 5QG

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Heritage Highlight: Outstanding medieval misericords

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Durham is one of the high points of cathedral architecture in this or any other land. The site helps; the church is perched above a bend of the River Wear and ringed below with trees. The cathedral was founded in 995 as a final resting place for the remains of Saint Cuthbert, which had been carted about for over a century since they were removed from Lindisfarne and the threat of the Danes. Cuthbert's followers built the White Church here, but it was pulled down by the second bishop of Durham when the present building was begun in 1093. The nave is astonishing; the relatively slender composite piers alternate with massive drum columns. In this building the three main innovations of the revolutionary Gothic style come together: pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses (hidden here above the aisle vaults).
Durham, County Durham, England, DH1 3EH

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Heritage Highlight: The Norman nave is one of the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in England

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One of the best-preserved and unaltered examples of Saxon ecclesiastical architecture in England, St John's church in the village of Escomb was built around AD 670. The Saxon builders reused Roman stones from the fort at Binchester, and there are Roman inscriptions visible on many of the stones.
Escomb, County Durham, England

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St Andrew's Church dates to 1125 but stands on an earlier Saxon building. Looked for 10th and 11th-century carved stone fragments, a 15th-century memorial brass, and an outstanding array of 17th-century oak furnishings.
Haughton Road / Salters Lane South, Haughton-le-Skerne, County Durham, England, DL1 2DD

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Heritage Highlight: Saxon carved stones

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Overlooking the historic market cross, St Mary's dates to the 12th century. Within are several 14th-century tombs and a 15th-century font carved with mysterious symbols. Look for the memorial to a soldier who was mortally wounded in the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Newgate, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, DL12 8NQ

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century effigy of a priest

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Staindrop's historic church dates to the 8th century and retains some Saxon stonework. Historical treasures include a 14th-century rood screen, 15th-century choir stalls with misericords, and richly carved tombs and effigies of the Neville family of Raby Castle.
Front Street (A688), Staindrop, County Durham, England, DL2 3NJ

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century screen

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