South Church is a village just south of

Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland () is a market town and civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, northern England. It is northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham. Much of the town's early history surro ...

County Durham County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly �About North East E ...

, England. St Andrew's church is the largest church in County Durham and a Grade I listed building. The church was built in the thirteenth century and acted as a

collegiate church In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons: a non-monastic or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by a ...

. The astronomer and mathematician Thomas Wright was buried in the churchyard of St Andrew's after his death in 1786.

South Church railway station South Church railway station was on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. History The first section of the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, from a junction with the Stockton and Darlington Railway The Stockton and Darlington Railway ...

opened in 1842 but was in operation for only about three years. Nowadays the area is served by

Bishop Auckland railway station Bishop Auckland is a railway station that serves the market town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, North East England, north-west of Darlington. The station is the Western terminus of the Tees Valley Line, which links it to via . It is owne ...

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