Wolsingham Sts Mary & Stephen

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Wolsingham Sts Mary & Stephen

[Population 1911: 2,849]

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The Parish Church, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Stephen, was completely restored in 1848, no part of the old building remaining except the tower. The present structure is in the early English style, erected from designs furnished by Mr. W. Nicholson, architect, of Wolsingham, at a cost of nearlt £1,200. The interior is fitted up with open seats,a large number of which are free. The baptismal font is the gist of Lady F. Fitzclarence. The churchyard is bordered by rows of very fine trees, which, with the church, form a beautiful object in the view of the town from the opposite side of the Wear. The parish register commences in 1665. The living is a rectory in the deanery of Darlington, valued in the Liber Regis at £31 13s. 4d.; gross income £907 per annum. There is a small glebe, and the rector is entitled to all its tithes. An apportionment of a rent-charge in lieu of tithes was laid before a meeting of the parishioners on August 5th, 1839; and the commutation was agreed to at a meeting held on the 19th April, 1841. Rev. J.A. Blackett, rector; Rev. W.H. Walter, curate. [Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), page 342.]

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