Parish Notes Durham

Elwick Hall St Peter

[Population 1911: 185]

Church

The Parish Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is situated on the bank of a deep dene, through which runs a small brook, dividing this parish from the village and township of Elwick, in the parish of Hart, about nine miles north-by-east from Stockton. It consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, and low square tower; the latter is on the south side of the church, and contains the principal entrance. The east window is of three lights, including a portion of stained glass. In the south wall of the chancel is an antique sculpture, representing the Crucifixion, and above the communion table there is a metal tablet, representing the Last Supper. In the chancel there is a mural monument to the memory of Dr. Parker, a former rector; and another to Lady Park, wife of Sir James Allan Park, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, and mother of the present rector. The parish register commences in 1592. The living is a rectory, valued in the Liber Regis at £20 18s. 1½d.; gross income, £544. The glebe consists of two farms, containing together 345 acres, and the rector is generally entitled to tithes of all descriptions from the farms in the parish. Patron, the Bishop of Durham; rector, Rev. James Allan Park. [Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), page 479.]

The Lych gate was erected as

A MEMORIAL TO THE REV^D J.A. BODDY M.A.
RECTOR. BY HIS PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS.
I LOOK FOR THE
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD

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