Parish Notes Durham
Lamesley St Andrew
[Population 1911: 2,985]
Parish Notes Durham
[Population 1911: 2,985]
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The church of St. Andrew is an edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles and an embattled western tower with turret containing one bell: the church was rebuilt in 1758, the tower in 1821 and subsequently the chancel was renewed at the cost of Thomas Henry, first Lord Ravensworth: the organ was presented by the second Lord Ravensworth, as a memorial of his father, who died 7th March, 1855: there are five stained windows: the church received considerable alterations and additions in 1884, at a total cost of £1,400, and has 358 sittings. The register dates from the year 1603. The living was declared a vicarage Nov. 20, 1866, net yearly value £232, with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Ravensworth, and held since 1868 by the Rev. Robert William Sharpe M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, and surrogate. [Kelly's Directory of Durham and Northumberland (1890), p.216.]
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