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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Cuthbert's Church (Billingham) Alternative Name: St. Cuthbert's Church (Billingham Green)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 4.336 km away from the location you searched for.
County: County Durham Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Billingham Nearest Village: Billingham Green
Map Ref: NZ4577722342
Latitude: 54.594198N Longitude: 1.293045W
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
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Anne T visited on 8th Nov 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Anglo Saxon Stones, St. Cuthbert's Billingham: We’d arranged to meet the verger, at the church at 12 noon. We arrived 10 minutes early, and found the south door didn’t have a keyhole, so wondered how we’d get in. It turns out there’s an entrance from the north side of the church. We wandered around the tower looking for the Anglo Saxon cross pieces built into the church tower. Some of these took some spotting, then we heard the verger calling us in.
The church is large, a fusion of 11th century and 1930s extension. The churchyard is huge – a surprise for somewhere so industrial as Billingham, but then this is Billingham Green.
I much enjoyed this visit. The verger spent over an hour taking us round, and took delight in showing us the stones, even one hidden behind a noticeboard against the west wall.
Sited just off Billingham Green, this church is located in a tranquil oasis away from the heavy industry of surrounding Billingham and Teeside. The church guide says there has been a church here since before the 8th century; tradition has it that the bones of St Cuthbert were brought here on their journey from Lindisfarne to Durham, hence the dedication to St. Cuthbert. In restoration work, a 7th century inscribed stone was found - this is now in the British Museum.
The current church tower dates from the 10th century, and the lines of the original nave can be seen within the current church (note the archway and wall over what was originally the east end of the church; this now forms the division between the old church and the 1930s extension).
The Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture (Vol 1) records 16 stones for Billingham, starting with Billingham 01, some of which have been lost, some are 'out of bounds' in the clock tower (entry into which is described as precarious), but there is still much to see and appreciate. Some are in the external walls of the tower. One stone, not recorded by the AS Corpus, was hidden behind a noticeboard at the west end, and revealed to us by the very welcoming and helpful verger.
The church is kept locked due to vandalism, but phone the Parish Office (details available on the A Church Near You website) to arrange a visit.
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