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Annfield Plain, St.
Aidan. It dates from 1925, 1928, or 1929-30, according to the source consulted.
It was closed in 2016 according to this
source, which is the one which dates it to 1925, and it says it
replaced a temporary Mission Hall. Map evidence shows that this was on
the same site, dating back to the early 1920's. NZ 1725 5125. © Bill Henderson.
Aycliffe, St. Andrew. NZ 2830 2216. © Bill Henderson.
Another view, an unusual
heart-shaped memorial in
the graveyard (there is another), two of the interior -
1,
2, the two Saxon
cross-shafts - 1,
2, and the early
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2015).
Grade I listed. The churchyard has additional listed features - a tomb, a
headstone, and the war memorial - these can be seen
here. The 25" O.S. map of 1897 shows two chapels, unhelpfully not
identified beyond that. One stood on East Row, on the east side of the
village green, at NZ 2853 2249. Evidently demolished, modern housing now
stands on the site, as seen
here in a 2016
Streetview. This
source
identifies it as Primitive Methodist, and it also has an interior photo.
The other chapel stands
(or stood) on The Wynd, at NZ 2840 2240. The Streetview van hasn't
passed by as yet.
Howard Richter has pointed me to a directory
of 1879, wherein it says
The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have places of worship, so
it's reasonable to assume that the chapel on The Wynd was Wesleyan. He
has also advised of this
source
which mentions that in 1829 the local Wesleyan congregation had a barn
"furnished to accommodate 40 people and later became a chapel for 200
worshippers". Can you advise if it survives, or contribute a photo?
Baldersdale, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, dating from 1861.
NY 9487 1942. © Steve Bruce. A map of 1893 shows a Chapel of Ease & School
at NY 9465 1930. By the time of a 1912 map, it had become just School. It
was a "Field Centre" in 2012, used by a Middlesbrough school (source).
Exactly which of the group of buildings was the chapel is not apparent from the
map, so here are two 2009 Streetviews -
1,
2.
Barnard Castle.
Barningham, St. Michael and All
Angels. Interior view. NZ 0853
1045. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Church, now a
private residence, dates from 1815. NZ 0830 1026. All © Alan Blacklock.
Beamish, the former Pit Hill Methodist
Chapel (previously Wesleyan, built 1854), now re-erected at the Beamish Museum.
Pit Hill was the previous name of Beamish village.
Interior view. Both © Steve Bulman.
St. Helen was originally a parish church,
but latterly a cemetery church in a cemetery at Eston (at NZ 5479 1878),
finally closing in 1987. Later severely damaged by fire, it was re-located and
re-built here, finally re-opening in 2011. © Ken Roddam (2022).
Link
(many more photos).
Bearpark and Bearpark Colliery, Methodist Church
(1963-4). The 2016 Streetview provides
another view. NZ 2393 4307.
The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
(1883), now derelict. The 2010
Streetview reveals a very similar appearance, though it does show that it
was for sale at that time. NZ 2392 4349. Primitive
Methodist Church (1884).
Since Steve took his photo, the chapel has been demolished. NZ 2386 4355. All © Steve Bruce.
The local Anglican church is St. Edmund, which
stands at NZ 2392 4315.
Streetview shows it in 2009. The
Grade II listing dates it to 1877-9; the churchyard gates and walls, etc.
are listed separately, also as
grade II. The former Methodist New Connexion Chapel
(later United Methodist) stands, converted to residential use, at NZ 2368 4363.
It can be seen on 2010 Streetviews
here and
here. The Wesleyan seems to
have been closed by 1940, though the Primitive and United Methodist Chapels both
seem to have still been active at the time of an O.S. map of 1958 vintage.
Presumably both of these were closed before 1964, when the present Methodist
church was opened.
Belmont, Durham - see
Durham (City).
Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees.
Bishop Auckland.
Bishop Middleham, the 12th
century St. Michael and All Angels, on Church Street. NZ 328 312. © Richard
Roberts (2019). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Bishopton, St. Peter. NZ 365 212. © Alan Blacklock
(2010). Link1.
Link2.
Grade II listed.
Blackhall, St. Andrew
on Hesleden Road and The Crescent. NZ 4575 3935. ©
Colin Coates. A 2009 Streetview
provides a different view. St. Joseph (R.C.) on
Coast Road can be seen in a 2009
Streetview. NZ 4597 3919.
Link.
Blackhall Methodist Church on Middle Street and
Ninth Street was built as Primitive Methodist, and it can be seen in 2016
here. NZ 4559 3966. There
was (or is?) a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on
Hesleden Road, directly opposite the south-west end of Second Street, at NZ 4584
3939. Seen here in 2009, the
first map available to me which shows it (though only as Methodist) is
the 1938 (it's not shown on the 1919 map). This
source mentions baptism records for 1917-1957. It's unclear whether the
building behind the more modern frontage is the chapel or not. A
Salvation Army Hall once stood
at NZ 4571 3972. It shows on maps of the late 1950's to mid-1970's, but had been
demolished before a map of 1988 was drawn up. In this
2016 Streetview, the site is
behind the brick wall, though the wall itself is probably not a remnant, as the
hall stood a little further back from the road.
Blackhill, Consett - see
Consett.
Boldron, Methodist Church. © Steve
Bruce.
Bournmoor, St. Barnabas. © Bill
Henderson. Another view. © James Murray.
Bowburn, Christ the King.
Designed by Harold Wharfe in the 1960's, Percival describes this as "one of the
most bizarre I've ever seen". It would be hard to disagree. © Percival Turnbull.
Percival has advised (Sept 2007) that permission to demolish the dome has been
granted, though the "spire", which he describes as looking like a "crashed
aeroplane" will remain. Despite these intentions, high winds intervened,
and the spire fell in 2009, the rest of the church having been demolished two
years earlier. Some photos of the new church, built in 2008, are available
here.
Link.
Christ the King's predecessor was St.
John's Mission Church. It stands on the main road at NZ 3049 3803, and was
built in 1924, and apparently sold in 1967, when the building of Christ the King
was already underway, though it wasn't completed until 1978 (reference
for the dates). The Mission Church is now in residential use - (2016
Streetview). © Martin Richter (2019).
Bowburn Methodist Church, © Bill
Henderson.
Bowes, St. Giles. Pevsner is less than
complementary about the restoration in 1865. NY 9929 1351. © David Regan (2018).
Link.
Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. It's dated
here to 1878, a replacement for an earlier (un-located) chapel of 1822.
Another view. NY 9918 1353. Both ©
Gerard Charmley (2021).
Bowlees, the former Methodist Chapel,
now a Visitor Centre. NY 906 282. © Steve Bruce.
Brancepeth, St. Brandon (O). The charming porch.
NZ 2248 3769. Both © Peter Morgan (2013).
Another view, three of the interior
- 1,
2,
3, a
tomb, and the
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2015).
Link.
Grade I
listed - note that the listing pre-dates a terrible fire in 1998 which destroyed the woodwork for which the church was noted.
Brandon, Methodist Church. © Steve
Bruce.
Brignall, St. Mary. NZ 072 123. ©
Philip Kapp. Another view. © Alan Blacklock.
Browney Lane, Methodist Church,
dating from 1929. © Steve Bruce.
Burnopfield, St. James.
Methodist Church. Both © Bill
Henderson. The remains of the 14th century
Low Friarside Chapel. NZ
16245 57867. Photo taken on behalf of Carole Sage (2018).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Byers Green, St. Peter the Apostle.
Methodist Church. Both © Alan Blacklock.
Carrville, Durham - see
Durham (City).
Cassop,
Methodist Church (1960-1) on Front Street. Since Bill took his photo, the church
has been closed. An undated
auction sale notice mentions planning permission for conversion to
residential use. NZ 3460 3846. © Bill Henderson. A
Primitive Methodist Chapel of 1842 stood off Front Street, on what is
today an area of housing almost encircled by Wilson Close. Its site is behind
the garages in this Streetview
of 2009. It seems to have gone out of use by 1940. NZ 3457 3837. A
Wesleyan Chapel of 1842 (listed as High Street
Methodist Church in 1940) stood on Front Street at NZ 3435 3825. Its site is
within the trees seen in this
2010 Streetview. Presumably this continued as the village Methodist Church
until the 1961 one was opened. A map of 1978 shows that it had been demolished
by then.
Castle Eden, St. James (1764). NZ
4281 3845. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two
modern views - 1,
2, and two of the interior,
1,
2, all © Simon Linford
(2023).
Link.
Grade II listed. Evidently recently closed, as there are plans afoot to
convert to residential use.
Castleside, St. John the Evangelist (1867), on Church Street.
NZ 077 487. © Bill Henderson. Since Bill took his photo, an extension has been added, seen here, © Mike Berrell
(2012). Link.
Chester-le-Street.
Chester Moor, former Methodist
Chapel (originally Wesleyan), now a model shop. Next door stands a
restaurant formerly known as "God's
Kitchen". This
newspaper article says it is a former church. Both ©
James Murray. Despite the article, a later one (after the restaurant changed
hands) owns up to its earlier mistake. This had never been a church, but had
instead been a working man's club. My appreciation to Howard Richter for his
researches clearing up this confusion.
Chilton, St.
Aidan. The town
Wikipedia entry dates the church to 1930, a re-build of its predecessor
(burnt down) of 1877. Oddly, this earlier church doesn't appear on large scale
O.S. maps from the turn of the 19th-20th century. NZ 2875 2993. © Bill Henderson. Windlestone Methodist Church
on Durham Road was originally Wesleyan. A newspaper story about conversion plans
mentions a building date of 1913-14. NZ 2852 2941. © Alan Blacklock. Three
additional views - 1,
2,
3, all
© Karel Kuča (2019). A
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, perhaps predecessor of
Windlestone, is shown on the 25" O.S. map of 1892-1914, at NZ 2905 2940. Its
site lies under the road (The Grove) seen
here in a Streetview of
2010. The 1" map of 1953 marks a place of worship a short distance from St.
Aidan, at NZ 2866 2996. On Victoria Road, what must be the former church can be
seen here in a 2009
Streetview. It's labelled on maps of the 1920's and 1930's as Meth Ch.,
but I haven't been able to find any further information about it.
Chilton Lane, the site of
St. Luke Mission Church, as seen by the Streeview van in 2009. It stood directly
opposite Church Street, at the left end of the terrace of houses. It pre-dates a
map of 1897, and had evidently been enlarged by 1939. A Wikipedia article dates
it to 1878. I've been unable to establish a closure date, but it seems to have
been active at least into the late 1980's. NZ 3037 3115. A
Primitive Methodist Chapel stood a short distance south of St. Luke, on
the opposite side of the road, at NZ 3042 3110. This too was enlarged at some
point, as its footprint on old maps demonstrates. It survived as Methodist into
the 1980's, and was built before 1897. The Streetview van passed its vacant
site in 2009. The
Wesleyans had a presence too, at Ferryhill Station,
NZ 3025 3174. Again pre-dating a map of 1897, the last map I have access to
which labels it is from 1939. It's site can be seen on a
2009 Streetview.
Cockerton, Darlington - see
Darlington.
Cockfield, St. Mary the Virgin. © Alan Blacklock.
Cold Hesledon, the former
United Methodist Chapel, now in residential use. A study of old maps show that
it was built after WWI, and before 1932. Marked as "Meth. Ch" on a map of 1967,
and as "Factory" on one of 1973-82. It was successor to an earlier church which
stood at about NZ 4095 4685. An 1896 map has it as Free United, and as
U. M. Church in 1919, but it had vanished by the time of the 1939 map.
Another view. NZ 4100 4714.
Both © Howard Richter (2019).
Consett.
Cornforth, Wesleyan Chapel. © Bill
Henderson. Church of the Holy Trinity
(1867) on The Green. NZ 312 344. © Richard Roberts (2017).
Grade II listed.
Cornriggs, Primitive Methodist Chapel. © Martin
Briscoe.
Cornsay Colliery. The site of the Methodist New
Connexion Chapel (later United Methodist) can be seen on a
2016 Streetview. It
pre-dates the 1895-6 25" O.S. map, and was apparently still active in 1940. NZ
1707 4331. A search for old photos has so far been unrewarded.
Cotherstone, St. Cuthbert,
as seen by Streetview in 2009. Its dated
here to 1881. NZ 0126
1933. Methodist Chapel on the main
road through the village. It was originally Wesleyan. NZ
0115 1978. © Philip Kapp. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Can you advise where this is located? © Steve Bruce.
Congregational Church, also on
the main road.
NZ 0124 1966. © Steve Bruce.
Friends' Meeting House.
Its
grade II listing dates it to 1797.
NZ 0161 1945. © Alan Marsden (2021).
Maps from the late 19th century mark a short-lived Chapel
at
NZ 0131 1941. The building on the site today shows no evidence of it having been
a chapel, but it can be seen here on a Streetview from 2016. I've been unable to
discover anything about it.
Coundon.
Cowshill, St. Thomas. NY 855 406. © Martin
Briscoe.
Coxhoe.
Craghead, St. Thomas. NZ2150. Craghead Methodist Church. NZ 2150. Both ©
Bill Henderson.
Crook.
Croxdale, St. Bartholomew. © Bill Henderson. The private chapel (R.C.) at
Croxdale Hall, added to the Hall in 1807. Interior view. Both © Alan Blacklock. Also in the grounds of the hall
stands a C12 chapel, now disused. Interior view. Both © Alan
Blacklock. Link.
Dalton-le-Dale, St. Andrew. Two further views -
1, 2. All © James Murray.
Darlington.
Delves Lane, near Consett, Methodist
Chapel. © Dave Foreman.
Dipton, St. John the Evangelist. © Dave Foreman.
Another view. © Alan Blacklock. Now closed - see
disposal notice.
Durham.
Eaglescliffe, Trinity
Methodist Church on Witham Avenue, built as Primitive Methodist (1901-2). Two
additional views - 1,
2. NZ 4245 1540. All ©
Howard Richter (2011). Another
view, © Karel Kuča (2019).
Easington, St.
Mary the Virgin. © Bill Henderson.
East Briscoe, the former Free Gospel
Chapel (1905), now in use as a
holiday let called The Old Chapel. NY 9785 1947. © Steve Bruce. A
2009 Streetview provides another
view. According to this
source, it was
successor to the now ruinous Freewill House which stands nearby at NY 9775 1939.
It can be seen on a 2009
Streetview, and the source already mentioned has additional photos.
East Hedleyhope, Methodist Church.
© Steve Bruce.
East Howle, the derelict St.
Columbus, as seen by the Streetview van in 2010. It stands a short distance
north-east of the village at NZ 2971 3425. A Primitive
Methodist Chapel once stood at the western end of the village, at NZ 2911
3380. Later maps label it as Bethesda Tabernacle (Assemblies of God). The site
is now down to grass (from a satellite view), but the Streetview van hasn't been
passed the site. A Christian Lay Church (later
Independent Methodist) stood near the eastern end of the village, at NZ 2935
3386. Again, Streetview hasn't seen it, but from a satellite view the site of it
seems to lie beneath the east-end house and garden built on the site of the
original terraced housing.
Eastgate, All Saints.
The former
Cuthbert Bainbridge Memorial Wesleyan
Chapel, dating from 1891, and now in residential use. Both © Alan Blacklock. Three additional views - 1,
2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2013).
Ebchester, St. Ebba or Ebbe. From an
old postcard (franked 1909) in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view. NZ 104
555. © Bill Henderson. And another © Steve Bulman (2015).
Link (with a useful history).
Edmundbyers, St. Edmund on Church Lane. Two interior views - 1,
2. NZ 015 499. Grade II listed -
link. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel has been in use as the Village Hall since about 1946. Mike was advised by the church warden that prior to this, it had been for
some time a training centre for Methodist ministers. NZ 017 501. All © Mike Berrell (2012).
Egglesburn, Baptist Chapel. © Steve Bruce.
Previously listed as "previously Methodist", my thanks to Kevin Price for advising
that this church has always been Baptist, having been built "for Calvinistic or
Particular Baptists" in 1872.
Egglescliffe, St. John the Baptist.
NZ 4205 1315. © Bill Henderson. Interior view,
© Kenneth Paver (2015). Link.
The
grade I listing advises of a Saxon predecessor on the same site, and a
Norman south doorway in the present church.
Eggleston, Holy Trinity. NY 998 237. The remains of the Old Church at
Eggleston Hall. Link. Methodist Church. The adjacent
Sunday School has a date-stone for 1881. All ©
Bill Henderson.
Egglestone Abbey - see
Barnard Castle.
Eldon, St. Mark. © Alan Blacklock.
Elwick, St. Peter (K) at Elwick Hall. The church notice-board says "C. 1190 A.D.". Three additional views -
1, 2, 3. NZ 453 320.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. The date-stone beneath the apex of the roof has been completely defaced. It has evidently not been used as a church for many
decades, as the 1939 map shows it as "Inst.". NZ 456 323. All © Martin Richter (2011).
Escomb, the Saxon church (no
known dedication, though old O.S. maps label it as St. John's, and Pevsner
calls it St. John the Evangelist). Built at least partly from stones from the nearby Binchester Roman fort, it was in routine parochial use
until 1860, and is said to be the most complete Saxon church in the land.
Services are again held here following the demolition of the Victorian church. NZ 1893 3014. © Bill Henderson.
Another view, the
sun-dial, two of the interior -
1,
2, and the
font, all © Peter Morgan (2019).
The south porch,
a Saxon cross,
and assorted Saxon cross shaft fragments,
all © Christopher Skottowe (1977), and an old postcard view of the
interior, from his collection.
Link1.
Link2
(scroll down).
Grade I listed.
Some tombs and other features in the churchyard are listed separately
here. Its successor church of St. John the Evangelist
was built in 1863 (source),
to the south of the village at NZ 1866 2958. The same source dates its
demolition to 1971. The churchyard in which it sat can be seen on a
Streetview from 2009. I
haven't been able to find a photo of the church.
Old O.S. maps shows two chapels - a Primitive Methodist
and a Wesleyan. The P.M. stood a short way
south-west of the Saxon church. Now demolished, a
Streetview of 2009 shows its
site - it stood beneath the large tree at the right, and under the adjacent
roadway. A photo of it is available
here, where it also says it was taken over by the Salvation Army between the
wars. NZ 1885 3010. The Wesleyan chapel has also gone. It stood on the road heading south from
the village, at NZ 1890 3002. A house now stands on the
site, seen by the Streetview
van in 2009. I've been unable to find any further information about it, except
that it seems to have survived at least into the 1970's.
Esh, St. Michael and All Angels (a 1770 re-build on
a medieval site), which can be seen on a
2010 Streetview. NZ 1967
4403. Link (and
useful history).
Grade II listed. St. Michael (R.C., 1789-90,
with later additions). In this
2009 Streetview, the church is the building at the end of the drive. NZ 1901
4370. Link (which has a
good history, and interior photos).
Grade II listed.
Esh Winning, Methodist Church.
Wesleyan Methodist Church at
Newhouse. Both © Steve Bruce.
Evenwood, St. Paul.
Cornerstone Christian Centre.
Link. Both © Alan Blacklock.
Fairfield,
Stockton-on-Tees - see
Stockton-on-Tees.
Ferryhill.
Finchale, the Benedictine Priory, seen
from across the River Wear. NZ 2963 4714. © James Murray. The
entrance to the chapter house, the
nave, the
church from the west doorway, and the
nave and choir, all
© Christopher Skottowe (1962).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Fishburn, St. Catherine
(1922) on Front Street, as seen by the Streetview van in 2010. NZ 3621 3221.
Link.
A chapel of ease is attested to (source)
in the 16th century, but its location isn't specified. The
site of a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on the south side of
Front Street (the house with pinkish roof-tiles) as seen by Streetview in 2010.
NZ 3628 3215. This is probably the Methodist dated
here
to 1846. The Methodist Church which we must assume
was the successor to the Wesleyan Chapel stood on the opposite side of the road,
and a little further east, at NZ 3636 3220. It too has gone and two bungalows
occupy the site - seen here
in a 2010 Streetview. The National Archives
references
documents relating to the Methodists in Fishburn for 1918 to 1992.
Forest in Teesdale, St. James the Less.
NY 8549 3078. Link.
The former
Methodist Church (1867) was originally Wesleyan.
A
news article tells of its closure in 2019. NY 8711 2947. Both © Alan Blacklock.
The former
Ebenezer Primitive
Methodist Chapel. It's dated
here to 1880. © Steve Bruce. The former
Baptist Chapel.
NY 8755 2913. © Alan Marsden
(2021).
Framwellgate
Moor, Durham - see Durham (City).
Frosterley, St. Michael & All Angels.
© Bill Henderson. Methodist Church, built as Primitive Methodist in 1861.
© Bill Henderson. Another view, and the handsome date-stone,
both © Peter Morgan (2013).
Gainford,
St. Mary, on The Green. Another view.
NZ 1697 1668. Both © Alan Blacklock.
Another view, carved medieval slabs
in the porch, two interior views -
1,
2, and the
font, all © Chris Stafford (2015).
Link.
Grade I listed. Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (dating
from 1834) also on The Green. NZ 1697 1676. © Alan Blacklock. St. Osmund (R.C.)
on Main Road.
Another view. NZ 1718 1698. Both © Alan Blacklock.
Interior view, © Mike Forbester.
Older maps indicate an Independent/Congregational Chapel
on Main Road, at NZ 1712 1689, a little way west of the R.C. Church. It
pre-dates a map of 1858, and appears to have gone out of use between 1954 and
the mid-1970's. At least a part of it seems to have survived - see the building
to the right of the white conservatory in this
Streetview of 2009.
Gilesgate Moor, Durham - see
Durham (City).
Gilpin Brown, Stockton-on-Tees - see
Stockton-on-Tees.
Grains o' th' Beck, the former School
Chapel. It has a date-stone for 1868.
Kevin Price understands that it was used by Particular Baptists and Methodists,
but probably not since WWII. NY 8681 2081.
Both © Alan Marsden (2021).
Link.
Grassholme - see Lunedale, below.
Great Lumley.
Greatham, St. John the Baptist.
Interior view.
Independent Methodist Church. All ©
Alan Blacklock.
Hamsterley, Christ Church. NZ 1156. © Bill Henderson. Methodist Church,
originally Primitive Methodist, © Peter Morgan (2013). Link.
Baptist Church
(1774). Another view. Both © Peter Morgan (2013). Link.
Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees - see
Stockton-on-Tees.
Hart, St. Mary Magdalene. © Colin Coates. Link.
Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees - see
Stockton-on-Tees.
Hartlepool.
Harwood, Methodist Church. © Steve
Bruce.
Haswell, St. Paul, on Church Street.
This was initially a chapel-of-ease to St. Saviour at Shotton Colliery. NZ 3746
4316. © Bill Henderson. Another view,
© Martin Richter (2019). According to this
article, the church was dedicated in 1867. A photo of the interior is
available
here.
Link. Although not listed, the war memorial in the churchyard is, as
grade II. A Primitive Methodist Chapel
(1839-1941) once stood at NZ 3724 4293. The site has been cleared and is just an
area of grass today - it can be seen
here on a 2008 Streetview.
It stood just a few yards from the junction.
Link1.
Link2. The Wesleyans had a presence too. Their
chapel survived as the Methodist Church until 2020, and stands on Church Street.
It's evidently a re-build on the site of the original building, as its
appearance, and larger footprint on old maps, testifies. A photo of the old
chapel is available
here
(and the photo also supplies a date of 1849), and its interior
here.
NZ 3734 4308. St. James Christian Spiritualist Church
stood at NZ 3729 4243 on Mazine Terrace. Built by 1939, it survived until at
least 1991. Given its decades-long existence, it's surprising that I can find no
on-line references to it. Demolished, it has been reverted to grass, as the
Streetview of 2008 shows.
O.S. maps mark a site at High Haswell as "Chapel
(site of)" in a field called Chapel Garth, at NZ 3649 4380. Unfortunately
the Streetview van hasn't been near the site. It is referenced
here.
Haswell Moor, the site of a
demolished Primitive Methodist Chapel on Salter's Lane, as seen by the
Streetview van in 2019. NZ 3850 4158.
Haswell Plough, the former
Primitive Methodist Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2019. NZ 3733 4208.
Link, which tentatively dates it to 1877. The village also at one time had a
Mission Room, since demolished.
Houses now stand on the
site, as seen by Streetview in 2019. NZ 3722 4210.
Hawthorn, St. Michael and All Angels
(1862). © Colin Coates.
Link.
Heighington, St. Michael.
Its
grade I listing says it has much pre-Norman fabric.
Interior view. NZ 2490 2236.
Both © Alan Blacklock. Another view,
a Norman doorway, and the
font,
all © Chris Stafford (2015).
Link. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel (1872), currently (2008)
being converted into a private residence. NZ 2494 2242. © Alan Blacklock.
Helmington Row, the former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1913), now a private residence. © Peter Morgan (2013).
Hesleden, Methodist Church. © Colin Coates.
High Coniscliffe, St. Edwin. ©
Alan Blacklock.
High
Shincliffe, the site of the demolished United
Methodist Chapel on Avenue Street, as seen by the Streetview van in 2019.
The two houses are on roughly the same footprint as the chapel. NZ 2969 4003.
The Primitive Methodist and
Wesleyan Methodist Chapels, at Shincliffe Colliery, have also been
demolished. They stood at each end of a long terrace, which has been demolished
completely - even the road has gone. The P.M. stood at NZ 3003 4000, and the
Wesleyan at NZ 2995 4003. A 2009
Streetview shows the strip of grass where the terrace and chapels once
stood.
Holwick, former Primitive Methodist
Chapel. © Steve Bruce.
Horden, St. Mary. © Colin Coates. Link.
Houghton le Side, Methodist Church. ©
Martin Briscoe.
Hunstanworth, St. James (1862).
Two interior views - 1, 2. NY 949 490. All
© Mike Berrell (2012).
Two additional views - 1, 2, both © Bill Henderson (2013).
Link. Grade II listed.
Hutton Henry, St. Francis; built as a WWII war
memorial. © Bill Henderson.
Hutton Magna, St. Mary. © Alan Blacklock.
Ingleton,
St. John the Evangelist. NZ 174 206. © Steve Bulman.
Interior view, © Alan Blacklock. Methodist
Church. NZ 175 206. © Steve Bulman.
Ireshopeburn, High House
Chapel (Methodist). Originally Wesleyan, a
board declares it to be "The
oldest Methodist Chapel to have held weekly services since its foundation in
1760". The same claim is made for the Methodist Church in Newbiggin (for which,
see below). Another view. NY 8726
3854. All © Martin Richter (2017).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Kelloe.
Kinninvie, the former Mission Church. © Alan Blacklock (2014).
Kirklevington, St. Martin. © Bill Henderson.
Kirk Merrington,
St. John the Evangelist. © Bill McKenzie.
Another view. © Bill Henderson.
Laithkirk, Church of the Holy Barn. NY 954 240. © Bill Henderson (2009).
Link.
Lanchester,
All Saints. NZ 1676 4739. © Dave Foreman. Another view,
© Bill Henderson. Interior view,
showing the chancel arch, a tympanum
with Christ in Majesty with angels, and a
Roman altar in the porch, all
© Christopher Skottowe (1962).
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Grade I listed.
All Saints (R.C.) on
Kitswell Road, as seen by Streetview in 2010. The
church website
dates it to 1926, and includes interior views. NZ 1631 4778. The
Methodist Church stands on Front Street, and can be
seen here on a Streetview
from 2010. I've not been able to discover what flavour of Methodism this was
originally - perhaps Wesleyan? NZ 1652 4753.
Link. A former
Primitive Methodist Chapel survives set back from
the road at the junction of Front Street and Kitswell Road. Its dated
here to 1884. It was seen by the Streetview camera in 2010 -
here. NZ 1633 4772.
Link.
Langley Moor, the former Willis
Memorial Methodist Church, now a garage. © Steve Bruce. St. Patrick (R.C.), © Peter Morgan (2013).
Link.
Lartington, the former St. Laurence,
now converted into a private residence. © David Regan (2018).
Link.
Leadgate.
Little Newsham, possible former church.
This is probably the chapel belonging to Newsham Hall. © Alan Blacklock (2014).
Littletown, the former Methodist Church
on Cross Stree (1858-1979, see
here),
was originally Wesleyan, and served the local mining community. NZ 3392 4352. © Colin Coates.
Four additional views - 1,
2,
3,
4, and the "date-stone",
all © Martin Richter (2019). A
Streetview of 2009 shows that, at that time, it was undergoing extensive
refurbishment. Another
Streetview of 2016 shows the finished result.
Ludworth, the site of St. Andrew,
destroyed by fire in the early 1980's. The street sign seen in the photo says
St. Andrew's Court. The church, which was of wooden construction, was put up in
1902. NZ 360 414. © Martin Richter (2019). Photos of the
church are available
here and
here. According to the Harrison & Harrison (Organ Builders)
website, the organ was transferred to St. Aidan at Acomb, York, implying
that the church had closed prior to the fire which destroyed it. A
Primitive Methodist Chapel stood on Margaret Street
at NZ 3624 4144. The site,
as seen by the Streetview van in 2010, is now occupied by a bungalow. It seems
to date from the mid-1890's, and the latest map I can find which labels it (as
Meth. Ch.) is of 1951-2. The 1958-60 map shows what appears to be the same
building as Warehouse. The village also had a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, also demolished. It stood at NZ 3610 4153, and
was built at roughly the same time as the P.M. Chapel. The buildings in the area
had been demolished by the late 1930's, and sports fields are now in their
place. The chapel stood about halfway to the distant trees in this
2010 Streetview.
Lumley - see Great Lumley.
Lunedale, the site of the
Church of the Holy Redeemer, as seen by the Streetview van in 2009. It stood in
the hollow a little closer to the camera than the three sheep.
This source
says that it was a tin tabernacle. Old maps indicate a building date
between 1895 and 1914, with demolition before 1957. NY 9170 2201. The
former Plantation End Methodist Chapel (in
a remote location on the north side of Selset reservoir), previously listed
under Grassholme, was originally Primitive Methodist (1888). NY 9120 2195. ©
Philip Kapp. Another view, © Bill Henderson (2009).
By the time the Streetview van was passing in 2015,
the building was unroofed,
the result of a fire post-2012, but subsequently put back into good order, and
presumably residential (source). The former
Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel (1865 -
source)
at Thringarth (previously listed under Tringarth). NY 9307 2292. © Steve Bruce.
Meadowfield, St. John the Evangelist.
NZ 2480 3984. © Peter Morgan (2013). An
old postcard view.
Link.
Medomsley, St.
Mary Magdalene. © Dave Foreman.
Metal Bridge, the
grassed-over site of a Primitive Methodist Chapel, as seen by the Streetview van
in 2018. Even the neighbouring roads and buildings have gone. The best that can
be said is that it stood well along the hedge-line in the distance. NZ 2997
3481. The village also had a Methodist Church,
originally New Connexion, and later United Methodist. Also demolished, it stood
on Bridge Street at NZ 2990 3497, and its site can be seen on the left, beyond
the bus shelter in this
Streetview from 2016.
Mickleton, Primitive Methodist
Chapel. NY 969 237. Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.
NY 971 238. Both © Steve Bruce.
Middle Herrington,
Methodist Church. © Peter Morgan (2019).
Link.
Middleton-in-Teesdale, St. Mary the Virgin. Two interior views -1,
2, and the font. Numerous medieval
grave slabs and other survivals are built into the walls. A
fragment of the previous church stands in the churchyard. NY 947 256. All © Steve Bulman (2013).
Link which says that the dates of demolition of the old church and building of the new is slightly uncertain, but both must be within the years 1876-80.
Methodist Church, built as Wesleyan in 1870. NY 948 254. © Steve Bruce.
Another view, © Steve Bulman (2013). Link. Primitive Methodist
Church (1872). Circa NY 949 253. © Steve Bruce. Since Steve took his picture, the vegetation has been removed -
another view, © Steve Bulman (2013). Baptist Church on Hude Street. © Steve Bruce.
St. Aidan (R.C.). NY 950 252. © Steve Bulman (2013).
Link.
Muggleswick, All Saints. Two interior views - 1,
2. NZ 045 499. All © Mike Berrell (2012).
Murton.
Neasham, the site (among the trees in the central background) of the
vanished Neasham Benedictine Priory, as seen by Streetview in 2011. What is
believed to be a cross from the priory is now in Durham Cathedral, and a photo
of it can be seen on the Durham (City) page.
NZ 3227 1009.
Link.
New Brancepeth, Wesleyan Methodist Church. © Steve Bruce.
New Seaham - see
Seaham.
Newham Grange, Stockton-on-Tees - see
Stockton-on-Tees.
Newton Hall, Durham - see
Durham (City).
Neville's Cross, Durham - see
Durham (City).
Newbiggin (near
Middleton-in-Teesdale), Methodist Church. NY 915 277. ©
Steve Bruce. Another view. A plaque on the wall explains that it is believed to be the oldest Methodist Chapel
to be continuously in use, having been built in 1760. © Alan Blacklock.
Newbottle, St. Matthew. © Bill
Henderson.
Newton Aycliffe.
Newtown, Stockton-on-Tees - see
Stockton-on-Tees.
Norton, St. Mary. NZ 4427 2212. © Percival Turnbull. Another view, © Colin Coates.
Link, and its
history page. The
grade I listing advises that much fabric of the 11th century remains.
Old Seaham,
see
Seaham.
Oxbridge, Stockton-on-Tees - see
Stockton-on-Tees.
Peterlee,
Philadelphia, Spiritualist Church. © Bill Henderson.
Piercebridge, St. Mary. NZ 201 158. © Steve
Bulman.
Pit Hill - see Beamish, above.
Pittington, St. Lawrence, on
Pittington Lane. NZ 3288 4358. © James Murray.
Another view, © Colin Coates.
Two of the interior - 1,
2, both
© Christopher Skottowe. The resemblance of the
columns with those in Durham Cathedral will
not go unnoticed. The
grade I listing dates the oldest parts of the church to the
11th or 12th century; the
church website says there are pre-Norman fragments too.
St. John (Methodist,
1963) on St. John's Road. Their
website says that it was successor to congregations from Clayton
Street and Dixon Street. NZ 3285 4436. © James Murray. Clayton Street,
since re-named as Lawrence Road, was home to a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, at NZ 3297 4435. Two houses now stand
on the site, seen here
by the Streetview van in 2009. A Primitive
Methodist Chapel stood on Dixon Street. Both the chapel and the
street have gone. The
site of the chapel now lies beneath a pair of houses and their
gardens, as seen by Streetview in 2009. NZ 3298 4440. A
Salvation Army Hall is recorded as having
been de-registered as a place of worship in 1900. Howard Richter
speculates that a hall marked on a map of 1939 at NZ 3278 4481 may
be this former S.A. Hall. Can you confirm this? A building on the site
today has the same footprint, and it can be seen
here in a Streetview
of 2009. Whether anything of the old hall survives (assuming this is the
correct site) is so far unknown.
Preston on Tees, All Saints
(1902-3) was built as a mission church to Holy Trinity in Stockton. Two further
views - 1,
2. NZ 423 153. All © Howard
Richter (2011). Link1, and see the
useful history here.
Link2.
This
pdf report (large file) has a plan on page 38.
Quarrington Hill,
the site of the demolished St. Paul, as seen by the Streetview van in
2009. A photo of the church is available
here - it also
supplies dates of 1868-1991. Demolition (for subsidence) followed two
years later. NZ 3347 3791. This
source mentions "St. Paul's Worship Centre
in Quarrington Hill", which we must assume was the successor of the
church. The last service was held in 1999. I haven't been able to
discover a photo, or its location, but it may well have been the local
community centre. Can you confirm this? The village also had
Primitive and
Wesleyan Methodist Chapels, both of which survive, though
re-purposed. The P.M. was built in 1886 on Front Street, at NZ 3366
3745, and on later maps is labelled as Front Street Methodist Church.
Now in commercial use, it can be seen in this
2010 Streetview.
Mount Zion Wesleyan stood on Church Street at NZ 3368 3752. It had been
built no later than 1902. Its
2009 Streetview
suggests that it's now in residential use.
Ramshaw, Methodist Church, on Gordon Lane.
It was built as Primitive Methodist in 1870. A recent estate agents
notice
here, shows that it is has now been converted to residential use. NZ
1497 2591. © Alan Blacklock.
Redmarshall, St. Cuthbert. Norman door. Both © Percival Turnbull.
Another view. © Alan Blacklock
(2010). Link.
Rokeby, St. Mary, dates from 1778. It stands
alone beside the A66 at NZ 0725 1382. © Steve Bulman. Three further views - 1, 2,
3, all © Martin Richter (2011). Howard Richter advises that the church is now closed and sold. A local informant told
him that it was built to replace an old church near the river. The 1857 map has "Site of Rokeby Old Church" marked at NZ 0842 1443.
Grade II* listed.
Romaldkirk, St. Romald. Percival recommends a visit to this church, which
contains some early masonry, and interesting church furniture. © Percival
Turnbull. Another view. © Bill Henderson. Methodist Church. ©
Steve Bruce.
Rookhope, St. John the Evangelist. ©
Alan Blacklock.
Roseworth, Stockton-on-Tees - see
Stockton-on-Tees.
Rowley, Baptist Church. NZ 087 479. © Bill Henderson (2012).
Sacriston, St. Peter, currently (2008) up for sale.
Link. St. Bede (R.C.).
NZ2347. Salvation Army Citadel. All © Bill Henderson.
St. Helen
Auckland, St. Helen.
NZ 1883 2678. © Alan Blacklock.
Interior view (taken through a window),
© Alan Marsden (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Some headstones and tombs are listed separately
here.
St. Paulinus (R.C.) on Oswald
Street. NZ 1872 2667. © Alan Blacklock.
Link.
St. John's
Chapel, St. John the Baptist. © Bill Henderson. Methodist
Church. NY 883 380. © Martin Briscoe.
Satley, St. Cuthbert. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Grade II listed -
link.
Seaham or Seaham Harbour.
Seaton Carew, Holy Trinity. © Alan
Blacklock. Methodist Chapel
(1937) on Station Lane. NZ 522 298. © Martin Richter (2013). It replaced an earlier
Wesleyan chapel of 1830
(re-built 1878) on the sea-front at NZ 5252 2967. From an original glass slide
in Howard Richter's Collection. It was still standing in 1961, but it
had gone by 1977 - see
here.
The site is now occupied
by "Golden Sands", an amusement arcade, behind the white van. © Martin Richter
(2012). There was a Friends' Meeting House (1841) at about NZ 5252 2947. When it
was sold by the Friends is uncertain (map evidence suggests it may have
been between 1897 and 1916), but it had several further occupants before being
demolished in the 1960's. Photo and brief history
here.
Sedgefield, St. Edmund on
Front Street. NZ 35685 28822. © Bill
Henderson.
Grade I listed. Another view, © Alan
Blacklock. Link.
St. John Fisher (R.C.) on Front
Street. NZ 35454 28846. ©
Bill Henderson. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on West End now serves as home for the 1st Sedgefield Scout
Group. The building pre-dates a map of 1897 and it went out of (religious) use
around 1967 when a new church replaced it. NZ 3537 2868.The new church (link)
stands on North End, at NZ 35532 29080, and is visible on Streetview
here. © Martin Richter (2018).
Shadforth, St. Cuthbert (1834-40). NZ
342 413. © Martin Richter (2019).
Link, with a history
here, which includes
an old interior photo.
Grade II listed. A Wesleyan (later Primitive
Methodist) Chapel once stood on Chare Lane at NZ 3442 4097. This
source provides dates of before 1898 to after 1918 but looking
at old maps, what appears to be the same building is marked on the O.S. map of
1861 as W.M. Chapel. It seems to have remained active into the 1920's. The
village hall now stands on the site, the
white building to the left
of the pub, as seen by the Streetview van in 2017.
Sherburn, St. Mary the Virgin (1872).
NZ 3174 4225. © Bill
Henderson. Another view,
from Streetview in 2010. The
grade II listing advises that the church has what is believed to be the
oldest surviving organ (1874) from the famous makers
Harrison. A
Primitive Methodist Chapel once stood on NZ 3155 4233. The site lies
beneath the two houses (mostly under the house to the right), seen
here by the Streetview van
in 2020. Another demolished chapel - Wesleyan
- stood about half a mile to the east, at NZ 3223 4223. The site as seen by
Streetview in 2010 here.
Sherburn Hill, Methodist Church
(1851, enlarged 1902). A map of 1947 marks this as "Ebenezer", and the
church website (which includes an interior photo) says it was built as
Ebenezer Primitive Methodist. It further says that the church absorbed the
congregation from the nearby Bethel Wesleyan Methodist, becoming Sherburn Hill
Methodist Church at that time. NZ 3354 4210. © Colin Coates.
Another view, © Martin
Richter (2019). Bethel survives on the main road
through the village (Front Street), converted to residential use, and can be
seen here in a 2016
Streetview. NZ 3346 4211. Salvation Army Hall,
which stands on the main road through the village at NZ 3377 4207. The present
building dates from the 1980's, but it was preceded by an earlier one on the
same site, of 1922. Another view.
Both © Martin Richter (2019).
Link.
Newspaper article.
Shildon.
Shincliffe, St. Mary (1851), on High
Street North. Difficult to photograph well, Martin's photo is stitched together
to create a single view. NZ 2910 4075.
Link.
Grade II listed. Sherburn House
Chapel is effectively a re-build of 1868 following a fire a few years
earlier, but it originally dates from the late 12th century.
Another view. NZ 3086 4158. A
comprehensive history of Sherburn house can be found
here, and of the chapel
here.
Grade II* listed. All © Martin Richter (2019). The former
Methodist Church on High Street can be seen in a
2018 Streetview. The
date-stone, above the door, can be seen by zooming in, and declares the chapel
to date from 1874, Wesleyan. NZ 2913 4068.
Shotton Colliery, St. Saviour (1852-4),
which was built as a chapel-of-ease to St. Mary at Easington. NZ 394 412. © Bill Henderson.
Two additional views - 1,
2, both © Martin Richter (2019).
Link. Interior photos are available
here
and here.
Our Lady of Lourdes (R.C.,
1982). Two additional views - 1,
2. NZ 386 413. All © Martin
Richter (2019). A
2016 Streetview.
Link, which includes a photo of the predecessor church, of 1921. Another
photo, available
here, taken during the opening ceremony, shows that the church was of wooden
construction. This source includes an interior photo of a church identified as
the R.C. "Fleming Field Church", which has to be the predecessor of the present
church.
South Church, the one-time
collegiate St. Andrew, on St. Andrew's Road. NZ 218 285. © Alan Blacklock.
Another view,
© Bill Henderson.
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. Wesleyan Chapel, dating from
1899. © Alan Blacklock.
South Hetton.
Spennymoor.
Staindrop, Co. Durham, St. Mary. NZ
1310 2064. © Bill Henderson. The fine
tomb of Sir Ralph Neville (d. 1425) and his two wives,
© Christopher Skottowe (1962).
Link.
Grade I listed. Other listed features associated
with the church can be found
here. The Methodist Church on
Front Street was
formerly Primitive Methodist. It's dated
here to 1861. NZ
1293 2064. ©
Steve Bulman.
Grade II listed. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on South
Green, at NZ 1281 2055.
Durham Record Office holds documents from the chapel for the years 1886-1969. © Steve Bruce.
Older maps show a Congregational Chapel on The
Green, at NZ 1273 2064. The Staindrop Wikipedia
entry dates it to 1868.
Demolished, it stood left of the alleyway seen in a
Streetview from 2009. A
former Friends Meeting House stands off the
north-west corner of The Green, at NZ 1259 2063. Dated to 1771 in its
grade II listing, it can be seen in the background (the red roof with
skylight) of a Streetview
from 2009.
Stanhope, dedicated to St. Thomas. © Bill
Henderson. Methodist Church. Another view. Both © Peter Morgan
(2013). Link.
Stanley.
Startforth,
Holy Trinity. © Bill Henderson. Another
view, two interior photos - 1,
2, the
chancel, and the
font, all © David Regan (2018).
Grade II listed.
Stillington, St. John the Divine. Another view. Both © Alan Blacklock.
Link.
Stockton-on-Tees.
Tanfield,
St. Margaret of Antioch. © Bill Henderson.
Link.
Tanfield Lee, Methodist Church. © Peter Morgan.
Another view. © Bill
Henderson.
Thornley (nr. Durham).
Thornley (nr. Tow Law), St. Bartholomew. This old
postcard is from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Thorpe Thewles, St. James. Another view.
Interior view. All © Alan Blacklock.
Link.
Thringarth - see Lunedale above.
Toronto, the site of St. Paul
now lies beneath housing. In this
2014 Streetview, the building which looks like
a church is shown on old maps as a school - St. Paul stood further back, and
would have blocked the view to the right of the school. NZ 2000 3061.
Another St. Paul survives, though converted, nearby
at NZ 202 305. It can be seen on Streetview
here, and there is a
photo on Geograph, which also supplies a building date of 1903. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel, can be seen in 2014 Streetviews
here and
here. It pre-dates a map of
1898, and seems to have still been active in 1958. Its appearance suggests that
it is now in some commercial or industrial use.
NZ 1988 3070. On-line information on all three of these churches is minimal, and
if you can add anything I'd love to hear from you.
Tow Law.
Ushaw Moor, St. Luke,
which can be seen here
on a 2010 Streetview. NZ 2256 4273.
Link. The former
Methodist Church was originally
Primitive Methodist, and is now in residential use. NZ 2293 4258. © Steve Bruce.
There was also a Wesleyan Chapel, to the west of
the town on Cockhouse Lane, at NZ 2218 4283. The site of the building is among
the trees visible here on a
2020 Streetview. The Baptist Church (1897) can be
seen on a 2010 Streetview here.
NZ 2273 4266.
Link. St. Joseph (R.C.) is not visible on
Streetview. It opened in 1931, though the congregation dates from 1909 when they
met in a tin tabernacle. Exterior and interior photos are available
here. NZ 2309 4262.
The former Salvation Army hall stands on the east
side of Station Road, and the 2010 Streetview is available
here. At the time of writing
(2020) it was being offered for sale.
St. Cuthbert's Chapel at Ushaw
College. Three interior views -
1, 2,
3.
The interior of St. Joseph's Chapel,
and the interior of the Chapel of
St. Charles Borromeo,
also at Ushaw College.
A large site, a grid ref. of NZ 2185 4370 will serve.
All © Mike Forbester.
Link. The
grade I listing should be consulted for further details of this complex
site. St. Joseph is also listed separately as
grade II.
Waterhouses, Russell Street Wesleyan Methodist. © Steve Bruce.
West
Auckland, Methodist Church. © Bill Henderson.
West Pelton, St. Paul. © Bill Henderson.
West Rainton, St. Mary the Virgin.
It dates from 1864, with the tower added in 1877. NZ 3230 4689. © James Murray.
Grade II* listed. The former
Methodist Chapel (originally Primitive Methodist) on Station Road, Leamside,
is now a
private residence. It was still active in 1940, and a 1991 map marks it as PW
(place of worship), but its closure date is unknown. NZ 3152 4650. © James
Murray. Another view, © Peter Morgan (2019).
The former Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Chapel of
1822 stands at NZ 3220 4674. Its date of closure is not so far known, but it was
still active in 1940, and the 1959-60 O.S. map labels it as S.A. Hall. It
can be seen in a 2010 Streetview
here and here, the
latter with the spire of St. Mary in the distance.
Grade II listed.
The former
Methodist Chapel at Rainton
Gate. This was previously Bethesda New Connexion. This
source
gives a building date of 1874, with closure in 2004. It was subsequently
converted for use as a gym.
NZ 3180 4645. © Peter Morgan (2019). A Salvation Army Hall,
shown on a 1959-60 O.S. map, and since demolished, stood at NZ 3204 4680. It was
still standing at the time of the 1991 map. The site can be seen on a 2016
Streetview here. Another
demolished building was the Meeting Hall of the
Plymouth Brethren, at NZ 3131 4641. Present but not labelled on an 1896 map, it
was labelled on the 1920 map, and had been demolished by the time of the 1939
edition. Its site can be seen
here, on a 2017 Streetview, beside the road in the foreground.
Westgate, St. Andrew.
© Alan Blacklock. Another view, and three interior views - 1,
2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2013).
Methodist Church. © Alan Blacklock. Another view, © Peter Morgan (2013).
Wheatley Hill, All Saints. NZ 3805
3925. © James
Murray. Another more recent view -
note the now-missing gable-end just visible in the older photo, behind the
double-height pallets. The entire aisle with the door in it may have been
re-built, as the door looks wider in Martin's photo. © Martin Richter (2019).
Link1
- which says the church was built as a Mission Church from St. Bartholomew in
Thornley, in 1873.
Link2.
Whitwell Colliery, once had a Primitive Methodist
Chapel. The colliery site, which is about 3/4 of a mile north-east of the
village and now on the other side of the A1(M), consisted of colliery buildings,
several terraces of housing, and the chapel, has now been completely returned to
green fields. I've been unable to find a photo, and other than a single mention
of its existence, nothing on the web either. A
Streetview from 2020. NZ
3085 4054.
Whorlton, St. Mary. The church itself
isn't listed, but the font, which stands in the churchyard, from the medieval
predecessor of St. Mary, is listed as
grade II. NZ 1069 1474. © Alan Blacklock.
Link. The former
Independent Chapel now serves as
the village hall. Its date-stone
is for 1840. NZ 1064 1474. Both © Gerard Charmley (2021).
Willington, St. Stephen. © Alan Blacklock. Methodist Church on Lydia
Street, built as Wesleyan in 1874. © Peter Morgan (2013).
Link.
Our Lady and St. Thomas (R.C.) on Cumberland Terrace. Another view. Both © Peter Morgan (2013).
Wingate, Holy Trinity (1840-1).
Another view, following the
demolition of the vestry.
NZ 4000 3715. Both © Bill Henderson. Two
additional views - 1,
2, and an
interior, all © Norman
Cummings (2015).
Link.
Grade II listed. Older O.S. maps mark two chapels. South of Holy Trinity at
NZ 4003 3702 was a Primitive Methodist Chapel. Its
site can be seen here, on a
Streetview of 2008 - the house on the site of the chapel stands to the left of a
garden, where its Sunday School used to be. Its My Primitive Methodists
entry (which includes a photo, dates it to 1897, replacing an earlier one on
Humble Lane. Humble Lane seems to have gone, and so presumably has the old
chapel. The other chapel was Bible Christian, at NZ
3986 3725. The Streetview van hasn't passed its site, and I haven't been able to
find a photo on-line.
Winston, St. Andrew. © Bill Henderson.
Two further views - 1, 2, both © Alan Blacklock (2011).
Methodist Church. © Steve Bruce.
Witton-le-Wear, St. Philip and St. James.
NZ 1477 3127. © Bill Henderson. The
grade II listing says it is a re-build of 1896-1902 of a medieval structure.
It can also be seen on a 2009 Streetview
here. The
Methodist Church was built as
Primitive Methodist in 1850, and its 2009 Streetview is
here, and Geograph
here. NZ 1474 3121. © Bill
Henderson.
Link. The village also had a Wesleyan Chapel at
one time, the site of which can be seen on a 2009 Streetview
here. Howard Richter
tentatively suggests that the tall wall directly above the car may be a
surviving fragment of the chapel, and also advises that it was still active in
1940. NZ 1474 3125.
Wolsingham.
Wolviston, St. Peter. NZ 454 258. © Alan Blacklock. Three further views - 1,
2, 3, and a fine example of the
monumental mason's craft, all © Martin
Richter (2011). Link1.
Link2, which says the previous church was dedicated to St. Mary
Magdalene. Link3. Link4.
Grade II listed - link. The former
Methodist Church, built as Wesleyan (1829). Just visible above the fence-line is the re-located
date plaque. Three further views of this dilapidated building - 1,
2, 3. This
article says
it closed in 1979. Planning permission has been granted in 2012 for change of use into a cattery, and hopefully this will prevent further deterioration. NZ 454
257. All © Martin Richter (2011). Grade II listed - link.
Woodland, St. Mary, one of the "tin"
churches. © Alan Blacklock. Methodist
Church, formerly Wesleyan. © Steve Bruce.
Wycliffe, St. Mary. Interior view, and a
hogback tombstone. All © Kenneth Paver
(2015).
Grade I listed.
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