Church of St Philip and St James
The Church of St Philip and St James is a church in Tow Law, County Durham, England. The church was designed by architect Charles Hodgson Fowler and completed in 1869.Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church building in Tow Law, County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Church of St Philip and St James, Tow Law”, “St Philip & St James Church, Tow Law”, and “St Philip and St James, Tow Law”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include War Memorial and Church of St Bartholomew.
War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Ian Porter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
War Memorial is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Church of St Philip and St James.
Church of St Bartholomew
Church
Photo: Ian Porter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Bartholomew is situated 1¼ miles south of Church of St Philip and St James.
Harperley POW Camp 93
Photo: Rolyat29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harperley POW Camp 93 is a surviving purpose-built World War II Prisoner of War camp built to accommodate up to 1,400 inmates at Fir Tree near Crook, County Durham in the northeast of England. Harperley POW Camp 93 is situated 2 miles south of Church of St Philip and St James.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tow Law and Inkerman.
Tow Law
Village
Photo: Smiler03, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tow Law is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the south of Consett and 5 miles to the north west of Crook.
Inkerman
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inkerman was a village in County Durham, England. Built in 1854–1855 a short distance to the north-west of Tow Law to house ironstone miners, it was named after the victorious Battle of Inkerman of the Crimean War, similarly to Balaclava, another County Durham village.
Sunniside
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sunniside is a small rural village to the east of Tow Law and north of Crook in County Durham, England. Sunniside has one pub, and a former post office.
Church of St Philip and St James
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Tow Law, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.7453° or 54° 44′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.81006° or 1° 48′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C6WP5WQ+4XOpenStreetMap ID
way 170676092OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q26526040
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