St Andrew's Church, Haughton-le-Skerne
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St Andrew's Church is a
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in
Haughton-le-Skerne Haughton-le-Skerne is a village in the borough of Darlington (borough), Darlington in the ceremonial county of County Durham, Durham, England. It is situated in the north east of Darlington. The village lies to the west of the River Skerne. At th ...
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Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...
. The church is a
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History

The church was originally built in the 12th century and restored in the 15th century. In 1795, it was expanded with the addition of
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, a
vestry A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government of a parish in England, Wales and some English colony, English colonies. At their height, the vestries were the only form of local government in many places and spen ...
and a south porch. Notable original features include Norman windows,
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, a
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and
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that date to 1662 (the year of the Act of Uniformity), and a 15th-century
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cover. It is the oldest church in
Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...
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Present day

On 28 April 1952, the church was designated a
Grade I listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...
. From 1993 to 2009, St Andrew's was associated with a church plant in a local school: having been closed because of a lack of leadership, the plant merged back into St Andrew's. The church stands in the
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of the Church of England.


Notable clergy

*
Bulkeley Bandinel Bulkeley Bandinel (21 February 1781 – 6 February 1861) was a British scholar, ecclesiastic and librarian. Early life He was born in the parish of St Peter-in-the-East, Oxford, first-born son of Rev. Dr. James Bandinel of Netherbury by his wif ...
,
Bodley's Librarian The head of the Bodleian Library, the main library at the University of Oxford, is known as Bodley's Librarian: Sir Thomas Bodley, as founder, gave his name to both the institution and the position. Although there had been a university library a ...
, was rector from 1822 to 1855. *
Eleazar Duncon Eleazar Duncon (died 1660) was an English Royalist divine. Biography Duncon probably matriculated at Queens' College, Cambridge; but took his B.A. degree as a member of Caius College, and was then elected Fellow of Pembroke Hall in 1618. On 13 ...
served as rector from 1633 until stripped of his church appointments during the English Civil War. * Thomas Le Mesurier, noted polemicist, was rector from 1812 to 1822. *
Joanna Penberthy Joanna Susan Penberthy (born 1960) is a retired Welsh Anglican bishop. From 2016 until 2023 she served as the Bishop of St Davids in the Church in Wales. She was the first woman to become a bishop in the Church in Wales, when she was consecrate ...
, the first female bishop in the Church in Wales, served as a
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in this parish from 1984 to 1985. * Noel Proctor, chaplain to HM Prison Manchester during the
1990 Strangeways Prison riot The 1990 Strangeways Prison riot was a 25-day prison riot and rooftop protest at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, England. The riot began on 1 April 1990 when prisoners took control of the prison chapel, and quickly spread throughout most of t ...
, served his curacy here from 1964 to 1967. *
John Wallis John Wallis (; ; ) was an English clergyman and mathematician, who is given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus. Between 1643 and 1689 Wallis served as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court. ...
, antiquary and local historian, was a temporary curate in 1775.


References


External links


Church website

A Church Near You entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haughton-le-Skerne, Saint Andrew Church of England church buildings in County Durham Grade I listed churches in County Durham 12th-century church buildings in England
Saint Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( ; ; ; ) was an apostle of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was a fisherman and one of the Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus. The title First-Called () used by the Eastern Orthodox Church stems from the Gospel of Jo ...