Escomb Church

Escomb Church is the Church of England parish church of Escomb, County Durham, a village about 1+1⁄2 miles 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.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Escomb, County Durham, England, UK
Address: Escomb, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7SX

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St. Paul’s Church and Bishop Auckland College.

St. Paul’s Church

Church

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St. Paul’s Church is situated 1 mile west of Escomb Church.

Bishop Auckland College

College

Bishop Auckland College is a further education college located in the town of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. It is located on Woodhouse Lane next to St John's Catholic School, and opposite Bishop Barrington Academy. Bishop Auckland College is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Escomb Church.

Bishop Auckland West railway station

Railway station

Bishop Auckland West is the eastern terminus of the Weardale Railway, a heritage railway which runs between there and Stanhope. The station was built by the Weardale Railway and initially opened on 23 May 2010, with a regular passenger service which lasted until the end of the 2012 running season. Bishop Auckland West railway station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Escomb Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Escomb and Toronto.

Escomb

Village

Photo: Hodgsonge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Escomb is a village and former civil parish on the River Wear about 1+1⁄2 miles west of Bishop Auckland, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England.

Toronto

Village

Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Toronto is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a mile to the north-west of Bishop Auckland and was represented in Wear Valley District Council until that authority was merged into Durham County Council in April 2009.

Woodside

Hamlet

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woodside is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated 2 miles to the west of Bishop Auckland. In the 2001 census Woodside had a population of 153.

Escomb Church

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.666° or 54° 39′ 58″ north

Longitude

-1.70807° or 1° 42′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C6WM78R+9Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 554036819

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

Wikidata ID

Q5397373

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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Russian—“Escomb Church” goes by many names.

Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه اسكومب”
French: “église d’Escomb”
French: “Église d’Escomb”
Galician: “Igrexa de Escomb”
German: “Escomb Church”
Irish: “Eaglais Escomb”
Japanese: “エスクーム教会”
Portuguese: “Igreja de Escomb”
Russian: “Церковь в Эскомбе”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Escomb War Memorial and Escomb Cemetery.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: The Saxon Inn and Saxon Church.

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