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Church History information for Durham St Oswald Shincliffe and places above it in the hierarchy

Durham St Oswald Shincliffe

"The Church, which is an unpretending structure in the Early English style, dedicated to St. Mary, was consecrated by the bishop of the diocese on August 5, 1851. It was erected at a cost of £1600, and consists of nave, chancel, and north aisle, with a tower and spire at the west end containing three bells.The benefice is a rectory in the deanery of Chester, and in th epatronage of the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The original endowment was £5 per annum, augmented with a money payment in lieu of the small tithes of the parish; and to which additions have been made from time to time through the kindness of the patrons. Incumbent, Rev. George Robert Bulman, M.A. The living is a rectory, valued at £300 per annum."
[From History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan, London, 1894]

Durham St Oswald

"St. Oswald's Church occupies an elevated position, at the top of Church Street. It is surrounded by a large burial ground, and commands a fine view of "the sunny gardens and houses of the Bailey on the opposite side, clustered at the feet of the reverend abbaye which rises proudly behind them." A church was founded here before the Conquest, but the present structure cannot lay claim to so high an antiquity. The present church is principally of three dates, the earliest portion being the eastern part of the arcade formed by the pillars and arches of the nave, which were probably built about the year 1190, in the episcopate of Bishop Pudsey, a great patron of architecture. The alterations which were considered necessary a few years ago, owing to the failure of its foundations by the workings of a colliery, have destroyed many fine features, and deprived it of much of its ancient character. It consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and tower, the latter being in the Perpendicular style. There are sittings for 600, which were entirely new when the whole of the interior underwent restoration in1883. The church was repewed at the time of the recent alterations, and the nave partially filled with seats. The living, which is a vicarage, valued in the Liber Regis at £16, is a peculiar belonging to the Dean and Chapter of Durham, but does not pay any procurations to their official, or to the archdeacon. Rev. A. W. Headlam, M.A., vicar."
[From History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan, London, 1894]

There is a picture (71 kbytes) of the parish church of St. Oswald, Durham; supplied by Paul R. Joiner.

County Durham

Methodist Churches in 1940 in the "Newcastle-upon-Tyne" and "Sunderland and Durham" Districts. This includes all of Northumberland and the northern part of Co Durham

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