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Escomb St John

[Population 1911: 1,190]

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The Church is an ancient building, situated in an open space, in the centre of the village, and consists of a nave and small chancel, separated by a narrow circular arch. The font is a low octagonal bason of freestone. This church was formerly prebendal to Auckland College, but, in 1501, Bishop Fox united it to the deanery, and it is now a curacy not in charge, in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham, and of the certified value of £13. Total income about £204 per annum. Rev. H.A. Atkinson, M.A., is the incumbent. [Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), page 301.]

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