St Giles’ Church, Durham
St. Giles Church is a Grade I listed parish church in Gilesgate, County Durham, England. It was founded in 1112 by Bishop Ranulf Flambard as the chapel for nearby St. Giles' Hospital.Photo: Carol Bleasdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “St Giles Church, Durham”, “St Giles Church, Gilesgate”, “St. Giles”, and “St. Giles Church”
- Address: Durham, DH1 1QQ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Green Lane Cricket Ground and Kepier Hospital.
Green Lane Cricket Ground
Sports venue
Green Lane is a cricket ground in Durham, County Durham. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1866, when Durham City played the Northumberland Club. Green Lane Cricket Ground is situated 1,400 feet south of St Giles’ Church, Durham.
Kepier Hospital
Archaeological site
Photo: GRAEME and LESLEY CRANSTON, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kepier Hospital was a medieval hospital at Kepier, Durham, England. Kepier Hospital is situated 2,000 feet north of St Giles’ Church, Durham.
HM Prison Durham
Prison
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HM Prison Durham is a Georgian era reception Category B men's prison, located in the Elvet area of Durham in County Durham, England. Built in 1819, the prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. HM Prison Durham is situated 2,500 feet southwest of St Giles’ Church, Durham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kepier and Gilesgate.
Kepier
Locality
Kepier is a location in the city of Durham, England in the parish of Belmont, close to Gilesgate and beside the River Wear. It is site of the medieval Hospital of St Giles at Kepier.
Gilesgate
Suburb
Photo: Carol Bleasdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilesgate is a street and an eastern inner suburb of Durham in County Durham, England. The street was once the main eastern route into Durham City. It runs east from the end of Claypath on the edge of Durham City centre, steeply uphill to Gilesgate Moor where it splits into Sunderland Road and Sherburn Road.
Elvet
Suburb
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elvet is an area of the city of Durham, in County Durham, England. It is situated on the opposite side of the River Wear from Durham Cathedral and forms the south-eastern part of central Durham.
St Giles’ Church, Durham
- 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
54.77801° or 54° 46′ 41″ northLongitude
-1.56021° or 1° 33′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C6WQCHQ+6WOpenStreetMap ID
way 78648623OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=amenityOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7593273
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In Other Languages
“St Giles’ Church, Durham” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس جايلز”
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