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Church Of St John The Baptist AKA St. John the Baptist's Church, Low Dinsdale (Low Dinsdale)

Parish church. Late 12th century nave and chancel; 14th century south aisle; restored tower, organ chamber/vestry and porch added in 1876 by J.P. Pritchett.

Red sandstone: dressed medieval masonry on chancel and part of south aisle; remainder mainly 1876 tooled squared stone in narrow courses. Large Welsh slates on roofs. Nave with west tower and separately-roofed south aisle with porch; chancel with organ chamber/vestry on north. A hogback stone, Anglo-Saxon cross fragments, font and coffin with its lid are in St John's Church. The cross is believed to be in situ. The cross and coffin date from the 11th century.

Built into porch: several pre-Conquest cross shaft fragments; large grave slab to Goselynus Surtees died 1366; 2-light window head from chancel.There is a memorial plaque dedicated to the memory of a soldier killed during the First World War.

During excavation in 2014, nine inhumations were uncovered adjacent to the porch, as well as a wall near the lych gate.

Red sandstone: dressed medieval masonry on chancel and part of south aisle; remainder mainly 1876 tooled squared stone in harrow courses. Large Welsh slates on roofs. Nave with west tower and separately-roofed south aisle with porch; chancel with organ chamber/vestry on north. A hogback stone, Anglo-Saxon cross fragments, font and coffin with its lid are in St John's Church. The cross is believed to be in situ. The cross and coffin date from the 11th century.

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Early Medieval (410 to 1066)
Elizabethan (1558 to 1603)
Stuart (1603 to 1714)
Georgian (1714 to 1830)
Victorian (1837 to 1901)
First World War (1914 to 1918)
Medieval (1066 to 1540)
Listed Building
  • National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1319947
Archaeological works at St John the Baptist, Low Dinsdale, Darlington; The Archaeological Practice Ltd


Source of Reference
Local History of Low Dinsdale

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