Stockton Holy Trinity

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Stockton Holy Trinity

[Population 1911: 8,168]

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HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, Yarm-lane, is a neat stone structure, in the Gothic style, consisting of a nave, chancel, small southern transept, and western tower; the latter of which is carried up to the height of the roof, and then, taking the octagonal form above, with four flying buttresses at the base, terminates in a spire 200 feet high. Each of the external angles of the nave and transept terminates with octangular pinnacles, the main walls finishing with a perforated battlement. The interior is remarkably plain: it has a low pitched open timber roof, a gallery on each side, and one at the west end, on which is placed an organ, by Nicholson, of Newcastle. The whole of the sittings are stained in imitation of oak, and afford accomodation for 1,200 persons. The church was erected in 1834-5. In February, 1836, a meeting was held in Stockton, for the purpose of dividing the town into ecclesiastical districts; and in December 1837, a district parish was assigned to the church, which was licenced by the Bishop of Durham, October 3rd, 1838, under 6 and 7 William IV. In 1851, the district contained 3,631 inhabitants. The living, which is stated to be worth £300 per annum, is in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham, and incumbency of the Rev. Richard Dutton Kennicott; Rev. John Rudd, curate. [Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), page 567.]

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