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Escomb Church, the Glossary

Escomb Church is the Church of England parish church of Escomb, County Durham, a village about west of Bishop Auckland.^[1]

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670s establishments
7th-century establishments in England
Church of England church buildings in County Durham
Grade I listed churches in County Durham
Standing Anglo-Saxon churches
Tourist attractions in County Durham

Albert Richardson (architect)

Sir Albert Edward Richardson (19 May 1880 in London – 3 February 1964) was a leading English architect, teacher and writer about architecture during the first half of the 20th century.

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All Saints' Church, Brixworth, now the parish church of Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, is a leading example of early Anglo-Saxon architecture. Escomb Church and All Saints' Church, Brixworth are 7th-century establishments in England and standing Anglo-Saxon churches.

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Ancient Roman architecture

Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style.

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Angles (tribe)

The Angles were one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period.

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Anglo-Saxon architecture

Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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Archdeacon of Auckland

The archdeaconry of Auckland is a post in the Church of England Diocese of Durham.

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Bede

Bede (Bēda; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk, author and scholar.

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Binchester

Binchester is a small village in County Durham, England.

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Bishop Auckland

Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, England.

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Bishop of Durham

The bishop of Durham is responsible for the diocese of Durham in the province of York.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Chancel

In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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Church of England parish church

A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes called the ecclesiastical parish, to avoid confusion with the civil parish which many towns and villages have).

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Cilurnum

Cilurnum or Cilurvum was an ancient Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall at Chesters near the village of Walwick, Northumberland.

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Clergy house

A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion.

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County Durham

County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England.

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Diocese of Durham

The diocese of Durham is a diocese of the Church of England in North East England.

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Durham Cathedral

Durham Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Durham, England. Escomb Church and Durham Cathedral are church of England church buildings in County Durham, Grade I listed churches in County Durham and Tourist attractions in County Durham.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Gothic architecture

English Gothic is an architectural style that flourished from the late 12th until the mid-17th century.

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Escomb

Escomb is a village and former civil parish on the River Wear about west of Bishop Auckland, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England.

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Eucharist

The Eucharist (from evcharistía), also known as Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others.

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Greensted Church

Greensted Church, in the small village of Greensted, near Chipping Ongar in Essex, England, has been claimed to be the oldest wooden church in the world, and probably the oldest wooden building in Europe still standing, albeit only in part, since few sections of its original wooden structure remain. Escomb Church and Greensted Church are standing Anglo-Saxon churches.

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Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall (Vallum Hadriani, also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Aelium in Latin) is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian.

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Handley Moule

Handley Carr Glyn Moule (23 December 18418 May 1920) was an evangelical Anglican theologian, writer, poet, and Bishop of Durham from 1901 to 1920.

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Impost (architecture)

In architecture, an impost or impost block is a projecting block resting on top of a column or embedded in a wall, serving as the base for the springer or lowest voussoir of an arch.

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Joseph Barber Lightfoot (13 April 1828 – 21 December 1889), known as J. B. Lightfoot, was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham.

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National Churches Trust

The National Churches Trust, formerly the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, is a British registered charity whose aim is to "promote and support church buildings of historic, architectural and community value across the UK".

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Northman of Escomb

Northman (Norþman; fl. 994) was a late 10th-century English earl, with a territorial base in Northumbria north of the River Tees.

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Northumbria

Northumbria (Norþanhymbra rīċe; Regnum Northanhymbrorum) was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is now Northern England and south-east Scotland.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.

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Priest in charge

A priest in charge or priest-in-charge (previously also curate-in-charge) in the Church of England is a priest in charge of a parish who is not its incumbent; they will normally work on a short-term contract and have less freedom to act within the parish.

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Province of York

The Province of York, or less formally the Northern Province, is one of two ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England and consists of 12 dioceses which cover the northern third of England and the Isle of Man.

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Quoin

Quoins are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall.

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Rural dean

In the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion as well as some Lutheran denominations, a rural dean is a member of clergy who presides over a "rural deanery" (often referred to as a deanery); "ruridecanal" is the corresponding adjective.

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Samuel Lewis (publisher)

Samuel Lewis (c. 1782 – 1865) was the editor and publisher of topographical dictionaries and maps of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon

St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, is one of very few surviving Anglo-Saxon churches in England that does not show later medieval alteration or rebuilding. Escomb Church and st Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon are standing Anglo-Saxon churches.

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Stepped gable

A stepped gable, crow-stepped gable, or corbie step is a stairstep type of design at the top of the triangular gable-end of a building.

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Sundial

A sundial is a horological device that tells the time of day (referred to as civil time in modern usage) when direct sunlight shines by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky.

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The History Press

The History Press is a British publishing company specialising in the publication of titles devoted to local and specialist history.

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Vicar

A vicar (Latin: vicarius) is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand").

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Victorian restoration

The Victorian restoration was the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria.

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Vinovia

Vinovia or Vinovium was a Roman fort and settlement situated just over to the north of the town of Bishop Auckland on the banks of the River Wear in County Durham, England. Escomb Church and Vinovia are history of County Durham and Tourist attractions in County Durham.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escomb_Church

Also known as Escomb Saxon Church.

Escomb Church, the Glossary

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See also

670s establishments

7th-century establishments in England

Church of England church buildings in County Durham

Grade I listed churches in County Durham

Standing Anglo-Saxon churches

Tourist attractions in County Durham

References