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	St Mary & St Cuthbert Church Chare DH3 3QB Chester-le-Street United Kingdom
Denomination:	Anglican
Congregation:	St Mary & St Cuthbert (Diocese of Durham, Archdeaconry of Sunderland, Chester-le-Street)
Geogr. Coordinates:	54.85594° N, 1.57191° W
Reference year:	1054
Architectural style:	Gothic
Building type:	Hall church
Description:	Three-aisled, predominantly gothic hall church
Name derivation:	From St Mary, Jesus’s mother, and St Cuthbert


Font	Font (15th cent.)
Noteworthy	“Lumley Warriors” (placed in 1594 by Lord Lumley) Facsimilie of the Lindisfarne Gospel

History:

883:	Construction of a wooden shrine for the remains of St Cuthbert and for safekeeping of the Lindisfarne Gospel
1054:	Construction of the current church by Bishop Ethelric of Durham
1267:	Reconstruction and enlargement of nave and aisles
1383:	Addition of a hermit’s dwelling (“anchorage”, in use until 1547)
1409:	Construction of the tower
1742:	Rebuilding of the south porch
1862:	Rework, including removal of the plasterwork dating from the reformation
1883:	Refurbishment for the 1000-year jubilee, new bells
20th cent.:	Further modifications

Important persons:

Patron:

Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (634–687, monk, prior of Lindisfarne 670–687, bishop from 685)
Mary (c. 22 BCE – c. 48 CE, mother of Jesus [featured article])

Dimensions:

Tower Height [m]:

48

Sources

Surman, Richard: Betjeman’s Best British Churches, Collins, London 2011

The Parish Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert: Church Building, http://www.maryandcuthbert.org.uk/parish-church-/-history-of-building/church-building/, retrieved 14/11/2017