Parish Notes Durham
Auckland St Helen
[Population 1911: 5,647]
Parish Notes Durham
[Population 1911: 5,647]
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The Church is an ancient Gothic structure, dedicated to St. Helen, and formerly contained a chantry, under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin. It consists of a nave with side aisles and chancel, a low western bell turret, and an entrance porch on the south. The exterior walls have been embattled; but, from successive alterations, have lost much of their original character. This church is still encumbered with what has not been unhappily termed "pew lumber," in the shape of high boxes, with balustraded tops, of about the year 1600. The church will accommodate about 450 persons. In pulling down the south wall some years ago, three skulls, one of them quite entire, were found in the masonry. The parish register commences in 1593. The living, which is a curacy, not in charge, of the certified value of £13 9s. 4d., was, at the suppression of the College of Auckland, to which it belonged, left in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham. In 1712 and 1735, this curacy was augmented with lands and tithes, purchased for £400, half of which sum was given by Sir John Eden, Bart., and the rest from Queen Anne's Bounty, but this endowment appears to have been lost. In 1769, Lord Crewe's trustees gave £40 to the incumbent, to repair and enlarge his dwelling-house. This building has been long unfit for residence; but in 1852, a grant of £400 was obtained from the Maltby fund towards the erection of a new one. This is one of the livings entitled to £10 per annum under the will of Lord Crewe. The annual income of the benefice is stated at £220. Incumbent, the Rev. Matthew Chester. [Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), pages 291-92.]
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EP Au.SH 15 Burials 1812-1814
| Page | Name & Abode | Descent, Profession, Trade, &c. | Died | Buried | Age | Remarks |
| 57 | - of Hamsterley | - | 20th May 1813 | 22nd May 1813 | 2 yrs | late of London |
EP Au.SH 16 Burials 1813-1841
| Page | Name | Abode | Date | Age |
| 19/151 | Hannah Illigitimate Dautr of | - | July 18th 1817 | about 2 weeks |
| 109/869 | A Stranger, Drover | this man was taken ill at Evenwood, on his way from the South to Scotland | 9th July 1833 | age not known |
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