Parish Notes Durham

Gateshead St Cuthbert

[Population 1911: 15,801]

Church

Church: Gateshead St Cuthbert. Consecrated: 1848. Address: Bensham. Accommodation: 650. Services: 8, 10-45, 6-30. Vicar: Rev. Douglas S. Guy. Curates: Rev. T.W. Little, Mardale Parade, Rev. E.E. Harrison, Ross Terrace, Rev. E.W. Deage, Park Terrace. Patron: Bishop of Durham. Mission: Redheugh Road and Fifth Street. [NEYB (1893) p.114]

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Topography

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History

Newcastle Courant 17/3/1848 Yesterday forenoon, a new church, dedicated to St Cuthbert, was consecrated at Gateshead, by the Lord Bishop of Durham. It is erected on the Windmill Hills, near Bensham, and will be a great accommodation to a large and increasing population. There was a numerous attendance of the neighbouring clergy and gentry.

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The Parish Chest

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Non-Parochial Records

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Monumental Inscriptions

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