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Escomb Church is the Church of England parish church of Escomb, County Durham, a village about 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) 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.
Initially, the diocese was the only administrative unit in the Anglo-Saxon church. The bishop served the diocese from a cathedral town with the help of a group of priests known as the bishop's familia. These priests would baptise, teach and visit the remoter parts of the diocese.
All Saints' Church, Brixworth, built around 680, is an example of early Anglo-Saxon architecture The Council of Hertford in 673 was the first meeting of bishops from across England. canons were adopted to promote greater uniformity, among these that the English bishops should hold an annual council at Clovesho .
The dedication is to Swithun, an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. [3] Jane Austen's parents were married at St Swithin's on 26 April 1764 and her father George Austen is buried there. [4] The current building was erected by John Palmer between 1777 and 1790. [5]
The square tower of St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber (c. 990) is an example of late Anglo-Saxon church architecture [15] In the late 10th century, the Benedictine Reform movement helped to restore monasticism in England after the Viking attacks of the 9th century.
Also called bishop of the West Kentish in Anglo-Saxon times. [3] London: 604 Secular: Archbishops of London had existed previously; also called bishop of the East Saxons [4] or of Essex [5] in Anglo-Saxon times. York: 626 Secular: In Anglo-Saxon times also called bishop of Northumbria [6] or of the Northumbrians, [7] or of Deira. [8] East ...
The church stands on the site of a former Anglo-Saxon place of worship. A church is mentioned in the entry for the settlement in the Domesday Book when the lord of the manor was Gospatric, [2] but it is not known exactly where it was sited and many have doubted that any part of the original church survives as part of the current architecture save for the odd stone in the church's walls. [3]
The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall was almost certainly originally built by Bishop Cedd in 654. [1] It was an Anglo-Celtic church for the East Saxons, set astride the ruins of the abandoned Roman fort of Othona. The current structure was most likely built around 654–662, incorporating the Roman bricks and stones.