walls 2 ft 4 in (0.7 m) thick by 23 ft (7.0 m) high chancel 10 ft (3.0 m) square, chancel arch 15 ft (4.6 m) high by 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) wide
Materials
squared sandstone with quoins
Bells
1
Administration
Province
York
Diocese
Diocese of Durham
Archdeaconry
Auckland
Escomb Church is the Church of England parish church of Escomb, County Durham, a village about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) west of Bishop Auckland. It is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon churches in England and one of only four complete Anglo-Saxon churches remaining in England, the others being St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon, Greensted Church, and All Saints' Church, Brixworth. The church is a Grade I listed building.[1]
^Historic England. "The Saxon Church (Grade I) (1292122)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
EscombChurch is the Church of England parish church of Escomb, County Durham, a village about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) west of Bishop Auckland. It is one...
Escomb is a village and former civil parish on the River Wear about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) west of Bishop Auckland, in the County Durham district, in the...
date to the late 10th or early 11th century. It records that Northman gave Escomb (on the River Wear between Witton-le-Wear and Bishop Auckland) to the community...
This article lists some but by no means all of the oldest known church buildings in the world. In most instances, buildings listed here were reconstructed...
contain seven such structures. Additionally Escomb Saxon Church, St Andrew's parish church, St Helen's church, St Helen Hall, West Auckland Manor House...
one or two generations after Aldfrith's time. EscombChurch is the best preserved Northumbrian church of the period, dated to the late 7th century. The...
Ludlow: the Parish Church of Saint Laurence, a History and a Guide, Birmingham, England: SP Print, 1980 "St Michael and All Angels Church, Creaton history"...
procuring land in the Tees and Wear valleys, including Norton, Stockton, Escomb and Aucklandshire in 1018. In 1031, King Canute gave Staindrop to the Bishops...
were eventually used in the construction of the nearby 7th-century EscombChurch. A hamlet and manor house survived at Binchester until the late Middle...
Ground Finchale Priory Durham Cathedral Durham Castle Croxdale Hall EscombChurch Long-distance footpaths in the UK 54°45′07″N 2°13′23″W / 54.752°N...
The Anglian nave resembling the church at Escomb in many respects, and is one of the 20 oldest surviving churches in the UK. Until the early years of...
Anglo-Saxon period are to be referred portions of the churches of Monk Wearmouth (Sunderland), Jarrow, Escomb near Bishop Auckland, and numerous sculptured crosses...
earliest examples date from the 7th century, notably at Bradwell-on-Sea and Escomb, but the majority from the 10th and 11th centuries. Due to the systematic...
Cockton Hill, Cotherstone with Lartington, Coundon, Dene Valley, Eggleston, Escomb, Etherley, Evenwood, Gainford and Winston, Greta, Hamsterley and South Bedburn...
775387; -1.575653 (The Keep (University College)) 1322868 The Saxon ChurchEscomb, County Durham Cross 7th Century 21 April 1952 NZ1892830139 54°39′58″N...
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