Historic Churches in Northumberland

St Michael's is a petty church in an idyllic location beside the River Breamish in the Northumberland National Park. The church dates to the 12th century and boasts an unusual medieval carving of a cleric of which only the bottom half survives. A medieval carved cross is set into the porch wall.
Ingram, Northumberland, England, NE66 4LT

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Heritage Highlight: Carved fragment of a medieval cleric's memorial

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St Wilfrid's is a 14th-century church set in beautiful countryside near Kirkharle Hall and Barns. Landscape gardener Capability Brown was baptised here in 1716 and the church is filled with memorials to the Loraine family, who first employed Brown as a gardener.
Kirkharle, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England, NE19 2PE

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Heritage Highlight: Capability Brown was baptised here

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St Cuthbert's Church in Norham stands on or near a 7th-century church founded at the spot where St Aidan crossed the River Tweed on his way to found Lindisfarne Priory. The present church dates to around 1157 and was the site where John Balliol paid homage to Edward I for the throne of Scotland in 1292.
Church Lane, Norham, Northumberland, England, TD15 2LF

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Heritage Highlight: Links to St Aidan, St Cuthbert, Edward I and Robert Bruce

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Old Bewick church is one of the best Norman churches in north-east England, built in the early 12th century and rebuilt after damage in a Scottish raid. Look for 12th-century carvings of grinning faces, a cross shaft re-used as a plague stone, and the 14th-century effigy of a woman.
Old Bewick, Northumberland, England, NE66 4EA

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century effigy of a woman

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St John's Church, in Otterburn, was built in 1857 by John Dobson of Newcastle. Inside the porch is the head of the medieval Percy Cross from the Battle of Otterburn battlefield site. There is excellent Victorian stained glass and a font brought from Hexham Abbey.
A696, Otterburn, Northumberland, England, NE19 1NT

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval 'Percy Cross' head

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St Mary's Church in Ovingham stands beside the River Tyne opposite Prudhoe. The church boasts a late Saxon tower and two pieces of Saxon crosses. In the porch are a collection of medieval cross-slabs. Illustrator Thomas Bewick is buried in the churchyard.
The Hill, Ovingham, Northumberland, England, NE42 6AB

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Heritage Highlight: Saxon tower and 2 Saxon crosses

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Seaton Delaval church stands in the grounds of Seaton Delaval Hall. The church dates to the early 12th century and incorporates parts of an earlier Saxon building. Within the church are effigies of a 13th-century knight and lady as well as funeral hatchments for the Delaval family.
Seaton Delaval Hall, A190, Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, England, NE26 4QR

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Heritage Highlight: 13th-century effigies of a knight and his lady

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A Georgian church standing in an isolated position at the top of Grey Mare Hill near Consett, St Andrew's is a cruciform church built in 1769 to replace a much older church on the site. The Georgian building suffered from subsidence due to the collapse of mine workings under the hill and had to be rebuilt in 1892.
Grey Mare Hill, Shotley, Northumberland, England, DH8 9SJ

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Heritage Highlight: The extravagant 1752 Hopper Mausoleum

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Hewn from the solid rock of a cliff face beside the River Coquet is a medieval chantry chapel built by the Earls of Northumberland of Warkworth Castle, who paid a priest to say mass for their souls. Look for a sculpture of the Nativity hewn from the rock of the chapel window.
Warkworth Castle, Warkworth, Northumberland, England, NN65 0UJ

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval Nativity carvings

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St Lawrence's Church dates to the 12th century but stands on the foundations of an earlier a Saxon church. Look for the effigy of a medieval knight and an original 15th-century timber roof in the south aisle.
Dial Place, Warkworth, Northumberland, England, NE65 0UR

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval effigy of an unknown knight

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