Haughton-le-Skerne St Andrew

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Haughton-le-Skerne St Andrew

[Population 1911: 2,404]

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The Church, which is dedicated to St. Andrew, consists of a nave, chancel, and western tower, but no aisles. There was anciently a guild in this church, dedicated to St. Mary, for the use of which John Esh, in 1493, "took of the lord one cottage, with its appurtenances." A circular arch connects the nave with the chancel, which, with the communion table, are panelled with oak in the Gothic style. The pulpit and reading desk are of oak, as are also the pews in the nave. There is a gallery at the west end of the church; and an organ, purchased by voluntary subscription, was erected in 1811. The living, a rectory in the deanery of Darlington, and patronage of the Bishop of Durham, is valued in the Liber Regis at £53 6s. 8d.; gross income, £1,532. The glebe consists of upwards of 249 acres, of which the greater part lies in the township of Haughton, and the rest in Sadberge and Coatham Mundeville. The rector is generally entitled to tithes; and possesses a copyhold manor extending over part of the township of Haughton. Rev. Dr. Bandinell, rector; Rev. James Simpson, curate. [Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), page 395.]

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