Escomb Church is the Church of England parish church of Escomb, County Durham, a village about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) west of Bishop Auckland. It is one...

The Anglo-Saxon church seated only 65 people, and in the 19th century Escomb's population outgrew it. In 1863 a new parish church, St John's, was completed...

preserved early Northumbrian church is Escomb Church. All Saints' Church, Brixworth, Northamptonshire St Martin's Church, Canterbury (7th century nave...

This article lists some but by no means all of the oldest known church buildings in the world. In most instances, buildings listed here were reconstructed...

date to the late 10th or early 11th century. It records that Northman gave Escomb (on the River Wear between Witton-le-Wear and Bishop Auckland) to the community...

recognised in 2019, running from Finchale Priory to the 7th century Escomb Church via Durham Cathedral and Bishop Auckland. The marked route is being...

Egglescliffe, Eggleston, Eldon, Eldon Lane, Elstob, Elton, Elwick, Embleton, Escomb, Esh, Esh Winning, Esperley Lane Ends, Etherley Dene, Ettersgill, Evenwood...

one or two generations after Aldfrith's time. Escomb Church is the best preserved Northumbrian church of the period, dated to the late 7th century. The...

conversion of Northumbria, but after the Synod of Whitby in 664, the Anglo-Saxon church gave its allegiance to the Pope. Christianity in Roman Britain dates to...

contain seven such structures. Additionally Escomb Saxon Church, St Andrew's parish church, St Helen's church, St Helen Hall, West Auckland Manor House...

of Wilfrid's buildings. The best preserved early Northumbrian church is Escomb Church. From the mid-8th century to the mid-10th century, several important...

Ludlow: the Parish Church of Saint Laurence, a History and a Guide, Birmingham, England: SP Print, 1980 "St Michael and All Angels Church, Creaton history"...

was given land by King Æthelberht of Kent to build a church; so in 597 Augustine built the church and founded the See at Canterbury. Æthelberht was baptised...

procuring land in the Tees and Wear valleys, including Norton, Stockton, Escomb and Aucklandshire in 1018. In 1031, King Canute gave Staindrop to the Bishops...

Andrews foundation legends that a king named Óengus son of Fergus founded the church there as a thanksgiving to Saint Andrew for saving him after a defeat in...

with its parish church(es) is the basic territorial unit of the Church of England. The parish has its roots in the Roman Catholic Church and survived the...

were eventually used in the construction of the nearby 7th-century Escomb Church. A hamlet and manor house survived at Binchester until the late Middle...

Scotland Escomb Church, County Durham Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset Gosforth cross, Cumbria Great Paxton Church, Cambridgeshire Greensted Church, Essex Hexham...

Ground Finchale Priory Durham Cathedral Durham Castle Croxdale Hall Escomb Church Long-distance footpaths in the UK 54°45′07″N 2°13′23″W / 54.752°N...

at angles similar to other earlier churches at Escomb, Jarrow and Corbridge. When Stephen Glynne visited the church in 1862, he was effusive about the...

St Matthew's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne 1977 St Giles' Church, Sandiacre 1977 St Mary's Church, Disley, Cheshire 1977 Saxon Church, Escomb, Durham 1977...

Mary's church are the nave and chancel, which were built in the 8th century. The nave is narrow and tall: an Anglo-Saxon style seen also at Escomb, Jarrow...

Anglo-Saxon period are to be referred portions of the churches of Monk Wearmouth (Sunderland), Jarrow, Escomb near Bishop Auckland, and numerous sculptured crosses...

The Anglian nave resembling the church at Escomb in many respects, and is one of the 20 oldest surviving churches in the UK. Until the early years of...

earliest examples date from the 7th century, notably at Bradwell-on-Sea and Escomb, but the majority from the 10th and 11th centuries. Due to the systematic...

Brighton Beach Hatton Estate, Farningham Ridge, Moseley Park, Northdene, Escomb, Malvern, Hillary, Carrington Heights, Rossburgh, Sea View, Clairwood, Wentworth...

Brighton Beach Hatton Estate, Farningham Ridge, Moseley Park, Northdene, Escomb, Malvern, Hillary, Carrington Heights, Rossburgh, Sea View, Clairwood, Wentworth...

Green, Coundon, Coundon Grange, Crook & Billy Row, East Thickley, Eldon, Escomb, Hamsterley, Helmington Row, Hunwick & Helmington, Lands common to Hamsterley...

Cockton Hill, Cotherstone with Lartington, Coundon, Dene Valley, Eggleston, Escomb, Etherley, Evenwood, Gainford and Winston, Greta, Hamsterley and South Bedburn...

574474 (St Mary Le Bow Heritage Centre) 1121424 More images The Saxon Church Escomb, County Durham Cross 7th Century 21 April 1952 NZ1892830139 54°39′58″N...