Redmarshall St Cuthbert

Parish Notes Durham

Redmarshall St Cuthbert

[Population 1911: 306]

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Church

The Church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is a substantial stone building, consisting of nave, south porch, south transept, called Claxton's Porch, chancel, and square tower, and appears to have been erected about the 13th century. It underwent a series of improvements and restorations in 1845-6, at the expense of the rector, from designs furnished by his son, T. Austin, Esq., architect, Newcastle, who also provided designs and plans for the new rectory. On a broad altar tomb in Claxton's Porch, are two recumbent figures, male and female, of elegrant alabaster work, but much defaced by time and neglect. The parish register commences in 1564. The living is a rectory in the deanery of Stockton, valued in the Liber Regis at £17 18s. 1½d.; gross income £365. Patron, the Bishop of Durham; rector, Rev. Thomas Austin, M.A. [Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), page 560.]

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Monumental Inscriptions

In Memory of
William Lynn of Swinston
who died January the 7^th 1812
Aged 82 Years
Also near this place lies Ann
his Wife who died June the 19^th
1804 Aged 64 Years

In Memory of
The Rev^d T.H. Tidy, who was
38 Years Rector of this Parish.
A Man, whose conduct thro'
Life was regulated by the
strictest Principles of Honor,
Integrity, & Benevolence. He
died April 16^th 1805, in his 70^th Ye^r.
Universally lamented.
Also Henrietta Augusta Tidy, his
Wife died March 1^st 1797, aged 57.
John Lawson Tidy, their Son
died Dec^r 18^th 1785 aged 21 Yr^s.
Harriet Tidy, their Daughter,
died Oct^r 13^th 1787, aged 20 Yr^s.
Thomas Holmes Tidy, their Son
Capⁿ R.N. died at Cheltenham, aged 18.
This stone is erected as a tribute
of filial and parental affection.

In Memory of
Jane Lookup who
Departed this Life
May 14 1792 Aged 15 Yr^s.

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