Whorlton St Mary

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Whorlton St Mary

[Population 1911: 220]

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The Chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt in 1853, and is an elegant stone building, in the decorated style of Gothic architecture. It consists of a nave and chancel; the roof is of oak, open, and stained; the chancel floor is laid with encaustic tiles, by Minton; the seats are oak stained and varnished, and will accomodate 150 persons. The entrance is by the southern porch, and at the south-west corner an octagonal turret, about fifty feet in height, forms a belfry. The pulpit and font are of stone, and are very neat. The total cost of the erection amounted to £600, which was raised by public subscription, a rate of 2s. in the pound on a rental of £1,800, and a grant from the Church Building Society. The register of the chapelry commences in 1626. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the vicar of Gainford, and of the certified value of £12 10s. The gross income of the living is stated at £113 per annum. The tithes were commuted, in 1850, for £257 a year, viz.:- to the incumbent curate, £75; to Archdeacon Headlam, £37; and to William Hutt, Esq., and his wife, the Dowager Countess of Strathmore, lessees of the master, fellows, and scholars of Trinity College, Cambridge, £145. Incumbent - the Rev. Arthur Headlam. [Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), page 471.]

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