Whitworth

Parish Notes Durham

Whitworth

[Population 1911: 943]

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Church

The Church, which was almost re-edified in 1850, is a neat structure, consisting of nave and chancel, with a bell-turret at the west end. The western window is filled with stained glass, and three graceful lancet lights form the east window. The entire cost of the improvements effected in 1850, amounted to above £500, which was defrayed by a rate and a voluntary subscription. In the churchyard are two ancient monuments, one of which represents a knight in full armour, supposed to be one of the Whitworth family; the other is an effigy of a female, with the arms raised. The parish register commences in 1569. The living is a perpetual curacy, not in charge or certified, in the patronage of the dean and chapter of Durham, who are also the improprietors. The old lords of Whitworth, the founders of the church, endowed it with a messuage and twelve acres of land. In 1835 the income was stated at £243 per annum, out of which £50 was paid to a curate. The gross value of the living is now £220. Rev. Charles Carr, B.A., incumbent. [Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), pages 335-36.]

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Non-Parochial Records

Newcastle Courant 5/9/1845 The Rev. Robert Gray, A.M., Incumbent of Whitworth, has been presented by the Bishop of Durham to the vicarage of Stockton.

Newcastle Courant 28/11/1845 The Rev. Arthur Duncombe Shafto, incumbent of Byers Green, has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of Durham to the Perpetual Curacy of Whitworth, vacant by the appointment of the Rev. Robert Gray to the vicarage of Stockton.

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Monumental Inscriptions

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