Churches, Abbeys, Priories and Cathedrals of North East England
Above Chester-le-Street church stands on the site of an Anglo-Saxon Cathedral photographed by David Simpson
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Brancepeth Church, Brancepeth.
Church of all Saints, Lanchester See Lanchester
Egglestone Abbey, Barnard Castle 12th century ruins
Escomb Church, Escomb Saxon Church
Gibside Chapel and Grounds, Burnopfield Palladian architecture designed by James Paine associated with the Bowes Lyon family.
Methodist Chapel, Newbiggin-in-Teesdale One of the oldest Methodist Chapels in the world.
St Andrew's Church, Aycliffe Saxon origin
St Andrew's Parish Church, Bishop Auckland Saxon origin. Biggest in County Durham
St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Darlington 12th century
St Edmund's Church, Sedgefield 13th century
St Laurence Church, Pittington See Pittington
St Mary the Virgin Church, Seaham Anglo-Saxon origin
St Romald's Church, Romaldkirk
St. Mary and St. Cuthbert Church, Chester-le-Street See Chester-le-Street
St. Mary's Church, Staindrop 12th century
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Alnwick Abbey Only gatehouse remains
Berwick Parish Church, Berwick-upon-Tweed Built during Puritan era
Brinkburn Priory, Rothbury 12th century
Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle Dates from 1122.
Dryburgh Abbey, Melrose 13th century. Burial place of Sir Walter Scott.
Hexham Abbey, Hexham See Hexham
Jedburgh Abbey, Jedburgh Founded by David I.
Kelso Abbey, Kelso 12th century ruin Lanercost Priory, Carlisle 12th century
Lindisfarne Priory. Holy Island 11th century ruin
Melrose Abbey, Melrose 14th century ruin
Newminster Abbey, Morpeth 12th century
St Andrew's Church and Vicar's Pele, Corbridge See Corbridge
St Mary Magdalene's Church, Morpeth 13th Century
Woodhorn Church, Ashington Oldest church in Northumberland.
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Gisborough Priory, Guisborough 12th century ruin
St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Middlesbrough 12th Century Captain Cook baptised here
St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough Roman Catholic Cathedral
St. Andrews, Upleatham Smallest in England
St. Hilda's Parish Church, Hartlepool Founded by De Brus
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All Saints' Church, Newcastle upon Tyne 18th century
St Pauls Church, Jarrow
St. Andrew's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle's oldest..
St. John's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne 15th-century
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne Built in 1844 by A.W Pugin.
St. Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne Mainly 14th-15th century church became a cathedral in nineteenth century
St. Peters Church, Sunderland Saxon origin at Monkwearmouth
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Bolton Abbey, Bolton Abbey 12th century ruins
Byland Abbey, Coxwold 12th century ruin
Easby Abbey, Easby 12th century ruin Fountains Abbey, Ripon
Jervaulx Abbey, Wensleydale See Place Names E-J
Kirkham Priory, Malton 12th century
Lastingham Church, Lastingham Norman church on Saxon site
Mount Grace Priory, Osmotherley 14th century
Rievaulx Abbey, Helmsley 12th century See Place names under R
Ripon Cathedral, Ripon Founded by St Wilfrid
Selby Abbey, Selby 11th century
St Oswald's Parish Church, Askrigg 14th century
St Thomas's Church, Brompton Northallerton Collection of Viking stones
St. Mary's Abbey, York Ruins of medieval abbey.
Whitby Abbey, Whitby
York Minster York
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