Church of St. Mary
Church of St. Mary
HER Number
              693
          District
              Gateshead
          Site Name
              Church of St. Mary
          Place
              Whickham
          Map Sheet
              NZ26SW
          Class
              Religious Ritual and Funerary
          Site Type: Broad
              Place of Worship
          Site Type: Specific
              Parish Church
          General Period
              MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Medieval 1066 to 1540
          Form of Evidence
              Extant Building
          Description
              In its earliest recorded form the church consisted of a 4-bay aisled nave with two identical arcades, chancel, west tower with pointed barrel vault, and south porch. It seems to be agreed that the chancel arch (possibly rebuilt) and south arcade are Norman or Transitional, i.e. late 12th century, and the tower 13th century or later. The building has undergone many alterations; there was a restoration by Dobson in 1819, and extensive rebuilding, which included the addition of the north outer aisle, and renewal of most of the windows, by Salvin, between 1860-2. LISTED GRADE 1
          Easting
              420970
          Northing
              561350
          Grid Reference
              NZ420970561350
    Sources
              << HER 693 >>   W. Hutchinson, 1787, History of...Durham,  II, 448-9
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, II, 240-2
W.H. D. Longstaffe, 1865, Whickham Church, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, VI, 63-66
A.H. Thompson, 1923, Whickham Church,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, X, 283-6
C.H.H. Blair, 1935, The Renaissance Heraldry of the County Palatine of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XII, 79
N. Pevsner in rev. E. Williamson, 1983, County Durham, Buildings of England, 501-2; Ryder, P. 2011, Historic Churches of County Durham, p143-144
          R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, II, 240-2
W.H. D. Longstaffe, 1865, Whickham Church, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, VI, 63-66
A.H. Thompson, 1923, Whickham Church,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, X, 283-6
C.H.H. Blair, 1935, The Renaissance Heraldry of the County Palatine of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XII, 79
N. Pevsner in rev. E. Williamson, 1983, County Durham, Buildings of England, 501-2; Ryder, P. 2011, Historic Churches of County Durham, p143-144