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St. Paul's Churchyard, Spennymoor

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ253336

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Image Ref: T-03514-06-0002

The Church of St. Paul is a handsome Early English structure, pleasantly situated on the main road from Durham to Bishop Auckland, consisting of nave, chancel, north aisle, which is nearly as wide as the nave, and having a separate roof, south porch, and square tower of four stages, containing a peal of eight tubular bells. The church was first erected in 1857, and enlarged in 1870, to accommodate over 500, and the tower was added in 1890-91, to the memory of the late Robert Duncombe Shafto, Esq., at the cost of £900, including £180, cost of the bells. The living, a vicarage, valued at £320, and £120 for the curate, is in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and incumbency of the Rev. John Gaskill. The vicarage, also well situated a little west of the church, on the opposite side of the road, in an enclosure of one acre and a quarter, was built in 1876 at the cost, including £600 for the enclosure, of over £2400.