Lynesack St John

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Lynesack St John the Evangelist

[Population 1911: 2,716]

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The Church, which is dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, and situated near the centre of the village, was erected by subscription in 1847-8, from a design by Mr. Thompson, of Bishop Auckland. It is in the early English style, and consists of a nave and chancel, a south porch, a vestry, and a bell-turret at the west end. The interior is commodiously fitted up with low deal benches, stained a dark oak colour; the roof is open, and the general appearance light and effective. The greater portion of the sittings are free. The living is a curacy, in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham, and incumbency of the Rev. James Evans Jones. [Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), page 309.]

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