All Saints Church is a ruined
Church of England
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parish church in
Sockburn
Sockburn is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Neasham, in the Darlington district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated at the apex of a meander of the River Tees, to the south of Darlington, known l ...
, County Durham, England.
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Grade I listed
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building, the church has pre- and post-
Conquest
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mediaeval aspects,
and is linked to the legends of the
Sockburn Worm
In the folklore of Northumbria, the Sockburn Worm was a ferocious wyvern that laid waste to the village of Sockburn in Durham, England, Durham. It was said that the beast was finally slain by John Conyers. The tale is said to be the inspiration f ...
.
The church was in use until 1838, when it was replaced by
All Saints' Church, Girsby
All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Girsby, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
In the mediaeval period, the village of Girsby was served by All Saints' Church, Sockburn on the opposite side of the River Tees. It was abandoned in ...
, across the
River Tees
The River Tees (), in England, rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines and flows eastwards for to reach the North Sea in the North East of England. The modern-day history of the river has been tied with the industries ...
.
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Church of England church buildings in County Durham
Grade I listed buildings in County Durham