st mary and st cuthberts church chester le street
The church was established to house the body of Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne from 684 to 687. After his death he became one of the most venerated saints of the time, with a significant cultus and the Venerable Bede writing both a verse and prose biography of him. So when driven out of Lindisfarne by Viking raids in 875 the monks took St Cuthbert's coffin along with other valuable items. They wandered for seven years before eventually settling at Chester-le-Street (then called Cunecaster or Conceastre), at the site of the old Roman fort of Concangis, in 883,[1] on land granted to them by Guthred.[2][3]
They built a wooden church and shrine for St Cuthbert's relics, dedicating it to St Mary and St Cuthbert. Though there was no shortage of stone in the ruins of Concangis they did not build a stone church; it has been suggested they did not intend to stay for as long as they eventually did. It was built within the Roman fort, which although abandoned over five hundred years before may have still offered some protection,[4] as well as access north and south along Cade's Road and to the sea by the River Wear.
This was also a cathedral as it contained the seat of the bishop, for the diocese (sometimes known as Lindisfarne and sometimes as Cuncacestre the Latin name for Chester-le-Street) stretching between the boundaries of Danelaw at Teesside in the south, of Alba at Lothian in the north and the Irish sea in the west. The bishop's authority was confirmed by Alfred the Great,[5] and for the next 112 years the community was based here, visited by kings Æthelstan and Edmund, who both left gifts for the community, to add to the treasures brought from Lindisfarne.
Most notable among their treasures were the Lindisfarne Gospels, created in Lindisfarne around 715. While here they were translated from Latin into English, sometime between 947 and 968, by bishop Aldred writing a gloss in Old English above the text, making them the oldest surviving English translation of the Gospels.[6][7][8] The Gospels and St Cuthbert's coffin were here until 995, when renewed Viking raids drove the monks out, to Ripon before returning to the more easily defended Durham,[9] where they eventually built a stone cathedral around St Cuthbert's remains.[10] The wooden church remained in place until replaced by a stone church in the mid 11th century.[4]
Church building[edit]
The oldest parts of the building that can be dated, to 1056 when a stone church was built to replace the wooden shrine to St Cuthbert, are the walls of the chancel and the two largest pillars now near the centre of the nave. The church then would have been a third shorter and much narrower, as wide as the chancel today. Lewis holes visible in two stones on a front buttress show that Roman stone was used in later construction.[11]
The church was extended around 1267 with the nave, the lower part of the tower and east wall with sedilia all dating from this time. In 1286 it was made a collegiate church,[12][13] with a dean, seven canons, five chaplains and three deacons, supported by tithes from extensive endowments throughout a large parish. Around 1383 an anchorage was added in one corner of the church, to be used by six (male) anchorites until 1547, when it was extended. It is now the Ankers House Museum.[14] A 158 feet (48 m) spire and belfry and three bells were added in 1409, one of which is still in use.[12][13]
The collegiate church was dissolved during the reformation and the church became a parish church with reduced wealth and influence. In subsequent years much of the money for building came from donations, with those of the Lumley and Lambton families particularly notable. John Lumley contributed a set of family effigies that now lie along the north wall in 1595. A new south porch was added in 1742, while in 1829 a Lambton family pew by Ignatius Bonomi was added above a new vault (which once held the remains of John Lambton) with an external staircase.[12][13]
In 1862 major restorations were undertaken, and the church became a rectory with the installation of an organ in 1865, later restored by Harrison & Harrison.[15] To celebrate the church's millennium a screen was installed in 1883, along with other alterations. In 1927 a reredos, panelling and a bishop's throne by Sir Charles Nicholson and three panels, Journey of St Cuthbert's body, by his brother Archibald Keightley Nicholson were added. The church became a Grade 1 listed building in 1950, and doors were added to the South Porch in 1964.[12][13]
St Mary's and St Cuthberts Chester le Street by Colin Carr
Video taken in Chester le Street
O Holy Night at St Mary and St Cuthbert's Parish Church
Places to see in ( Chester le Street - UK )
Places to see in ( Chester le Street - UK )
Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, England. Its history goes back to the building of a Roman fort called Concangis. This Roman fort is the Chester (from the Latin castra) of the town's name; the Street refers to the paved Roman road that ran north–south through the town, and which is now called Front Street (shown at right).
Chester-le-Street is located 7 miles (11 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne and 8 miles (13 km) west of Sunderland on the River Wear. The parish church of St Mary and St Cuthbert is where the body of St Cuthbert remained for 112 years before being transferred to Durham Cathedral, and the site of the first translation of the Gospels into English, Aldred writing the Old English gloss between the lines of the Lindisfarne Gospels there.
A market town, markets are held on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Until 2009 the town had its own local government district. This was formed by the amalgamation in 1974 of the former Chester-le-Street Urban and Rural Districts. It was abolished in 2009 when Durham became a unitary authority as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, a move that was controversial at the time.
John Leland described Chester-le-Street in the 1530s as Chiefly one main street of very mean building in height., a sentiment echoed by Daniel Defoe. St Mary and St Cuthbert church possesses a rare surviving anchorage, one of the best-preserved in the country. It was built for an anchorite, an extreme form of hermit. His or her walled-up cell had only a slit to observe the altar and an opening for food, while outside was an open grave for when the occupant died. It was occupied by six anchorites from 1383 to c. 1538, and is now a museum known as the Anker's House. The north aisle is occupied by a line of Lumley family effigies, only five genuine, assembled circa 1590. Some have been chopped off to fit and resemble a casualty station at Agincourt, according to Sir Simon Jenkins in his England's Thousand Best Churches. It is Chester-le-Street's only Grade I listed building.
The viaduct to the northwest of the town centre was completed in 1868 for the North Eastern Railway, to enable trains to travel at high speed on a more direct route between Newcastle and Durham. It is over 230m long with 11 arches, now spanning a road and supermarket car-park, and is a Grade II listed building.
Lumley Castle was built in 1388. It sits upon the eastern bank of the River Wear and overlooks the town and the Riverside Park. The small United Reformed Church on Low Chare, just off the main Front Street, was built in 1814 as the Bethel Congregational Chapel and remodelled in 1860. It is still in use and is a Grade II listed building. The Queens Head Hotel, locally known as The Queens Head, is located in the central area of the Front Street. It was built over 250 years ago when this road was the main route from Edinburgh and Newcastle to the south and London.
Chester-le-Street Post Office at 137 Front Street is in the Art Deco style and replaced a smaller building located on the corner of Relton Terrace and Ivanhoe Terrace, and was opened in 1936. It is unusual in that it is one of a handful of post offices that display the royal cypher from the brief reign of Edward VIII. At the time of the football matches 'Front Street' was actually the A1 road from London to Edinburgh. A bypass was built in the 1950s, which still exists today as the A167. The bypass road itself was partly bypassed by, and partly incorporated in, the A1(M) motorway in the 1970s.
Chester-le-Street railway station, on the East Coast Main Line of the National Rail network, between Newcastle and Durham, opened in 1868. It offers local connections and cross-country train services. As of 2008, train operators serving the station are CrossCountry, TransPennine Express and Northern. A local independent company, Chester-le-Track, has operated the station since 1999, as an agent for Arriva Trains Northern and Northern Rail.
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CHESTER LE STREET ST. MARY'S & ST. CUTHBERTS CHURCH BELL PEALS EVENING SERVICE 6PM 11-03-12
Lovely spring evening over Chester-le-Street as the evening call to service bells peel !!
St Marys Church Chester-le-Street
Morning Prayer for the Church of England HMV Record C 1910
Opening Sentances, General Confession, Absolution service performed by the Rev I R Parkin at St Andrews Church Wells St London
6. Holy Island Lindisfarne and Bamburgh
European Studies
August 12, 2014: Day 6
Begins at 2am when I came to the main college building for internet and found a band of about a dozen 70+ year olds playing banjos and accordians and pan flutes. Then I played piano and studied and another person came in and played piano.
Waking up and being able to see he Durham Cathedral from my bedroom window, truly something I'll never get to do after this week. I tried to make today more vloggy and sneak in some daily life.
I fell alsspe most the way to Lindisfarne, which took about a 2 hour drive. The island is only accessible two times out of every day according to the rising and falling of the tides, hence the sandy and muddy and wet roads around 1:46.
Walking around Lindisfarne the community and then walking up the heugh (pronounced yuff), a high outcrop of rock, to see the tiny island with a hut and a cross where St. Cuthbert realized that he wanted to be a monk. And being able to see the Lindisfarne ruins from there and the dual church set up. Into the church of St. Mary, the Holy Virgin. Into the Lindisfarne Priory Museum, geared towards children but still interesting. Its gift shop had a monk puppet but it felt strange having to put your hand up its habit.
To Bamburgh and its castle and the beach nearby. You can easily see the Inner Farne, where St. Cuthbert withdrew to be a hermit while still being abbot at Lindisfarne.
Bamburgh is where the secular powers, the king, ruled while being able to see Lindisfarne, the ecclesiastical powers, from the castle. The castle itself is from more modern times.
Shot on a Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS via Video digest.
This is actually my favorite so far. Getting the hang of this camera recording though the beginning is still meh. I've learned that the aperture clicking is quite loud. :/ And I don't know why some frames rotate into portrait when clearly I was holding the camera in landscape.
Chester le street Park
Chester le street Park
St Mary's Centre
Old Parish Church Chester
church.mp4
A tour of St Cuthbert's Church facilities in Darlington County Durham.
Durham UK
This video is a collage of photos that I took between May and June 2009. I've organised the photos into 3 sections, and retained the high resolution of the pictures by uploading the video in HD.
Durham is a beautiful city in Northern England. I have tried to capture the visual side of Durham with the old buildings, nature, and some of the modern but the best way to see Durham is to visit. I wasn't able to capture the birdsong as you walk along the river, or the smell of the flowers, or sunrise over the city. And of course, there are lots of people in Durham too!
The photos are of the following:
Title slide
-View of the Cathedral from St Aidan's College
The City
-River Wear/Castle/Cathedral
-Cathedral
-Cathedral
-Cathedral from field near St Mary's College
-Cathedral from field near St Mary's College
-Rowers under Prebends Bridge
-Town Hall
-Framwelgate Bridge
-Old Elvet Bridge
-Cathedral (from Municipal park)
-City view from St Aidan's College
-Viaduct
-Cathedral
-Durham School
-Durham School
-Castle
-Cathedral from Palace Green
-City view from Municipal Park
-Cathedral from Municipal Park
-River Wear
-Cathedral
Nature
-Hatfield College
-Botanic Gardens
-Stream in Neville's Cross
-Botanic Gardens (x8)
-Buttercups near Al Qasami building
-Frog in my garden
University
-Calman Learning Centre
-University College (Durham Castle)
-University College (Durham Castle)
-Hatfield College Chapel
-St Chad's College
-St Chad's College
-24 North Bailey (Durham Union Society)
-St John's College
-St Cuthbert's Society
-North Bailey
-Josephine Butler College
-Josephine Butler College
-Van Mildert College
-Van Mildert College
-Trevelyan College
-Al Qasami Building
-St Mary's College
-St Aidan's College
-Queen's Campus, Stockton
-Old Shire Hall
-College of St Hild and St Bede
Floods bring chaos to North East.
Floods bring chaos to North East:
Persistent heavy rain has brought flooding and travel chaos to many parts of the north-east of England.
Look North's Adrian Pitches assessed how the region coped with the deluge.
Durham Cathedral and The Shrine of St Cuthbert and Bede, Part I, May 23rd 2014 by Sheila
The visit to Durham Cathedral consolidates my visits to Lindisfarne and other areas of Northumbria----no cameras were allowed inside the church so I was unable to capture an images apart from the climb up the large tower to the roof----shown in the next videeos
London Major at Grundisburgh St Mary 12 bells 9-2-24 cwt
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London Major at the second lightest ring of twelve church bells in the world.
St Cuthbert's church
Early afternoon bells in Wells, UK. Title edited thanks to corrections in comments.
St Mary the Virgin church grounds in whickham
A Summer Guide in Chester-Le-Street
A summer guide on what to do in the area of Chester-Le-Street! I do not have the copy right for Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday but just thought it complimented the video well.
Ladies Golf Day at Chester le Street Golf Club
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Golf on a Sunny Day. Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, England. Its history goes back to the building of a Roman fort called Concangis. This Roman fort is the Chester (from the Latin castra) of the town's name; the Street refers to the paved Roman road that ran north–south through the town, and which is now called Front Street (shown at right).
Chester-le-Street is located 7 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne and 8 miles west of Sunderland on the River Wear. The parish church of St Mary and St Cuthbert is where the body of St Cuthbert remained for 112 years before being transferred to Durham Cathedral, and the site of the first translation of the Gospels into English, Aldred writing the Old English gloss between the lines of the Lindisfarne Gospels there.
A market town, markets are held on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Until 2009 the town had its own local government district. This was formed by the amalgamation in 1974 of the former Chester-le-Street Urban and Rural Districts. It was abolished in 2009 when Durham became a unitary authority as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England,] a move that was controversial at the time.Notable people
Former England football captain Bryan Robson and his footballing brothers Justin (Newcastle United and Gateshead) and Gary (West Bromwich).
Football manager and former England international player Colin Todd.Cricke]
The Riverside Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as the Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground, is home to Durham County Cricket Club which became a first class county in 1992. Since 1999, the ground has hosted many international fixtures, usually involving the England cricket team. The ground was also host to two fixtures at the 1999 Cricket World Cup, and is poised to do so again at the 2019 Cricket World Cup. The town also has its own cricket club, Chester-le-Street Cricket Club based at the Ropery Lane ground. They are the current Champions of the North East Premier League, won the national ECB 45 over tournament in 2009 and reached the quarter final of the national 20/20 club championship in 2009.
Rowing
Blade colours of Chester-le-Street rowing club
Chester-le-Street rowing club is based on the River Wear near the Riverside cricket ground.
Football
Medieval football was once played in the town. The game was played annually on Shrove Tuesday between the Upstreeters and Downstreeters. Play started at 1 pm and finished at 6 pm. To start the game, the ball was thrown from a window in the centre of the town and in one game more than 400 players took part. The centre of the street was the dividing line and the winner was the side where the ball was (Up or Down) at 6 pm. It was played from the Middle Ages until 1932, when it was outlawed by the police and people trying to carry on the tradition were arrested.Chester-le-Street Town F.C. were founded in 1972 and compete in the Northern Football League Division Two.
Transport
Road
At the time of the football matches 'Front Street' was actually the A1 road from London to Edinburgh. A bypass was built in the 1950s, which still exists today as the A167. The bypass road itself was partly bypassed by, and partly incorporated in, the A1(M) motorway in the 1970s.
The northern end of Front Street used to be the start of the A6127, which is the road that would continue through Birtley, Gateshead, and eventually over the Tyne Bridge and become the A6127(M) central motorway in Newcastle upon Tyne. However, when the Gateshead-Newcastle Western Bypass of the A1(M) was opened, many roads in this area were renumbered, following the convention that roads originating between single digit A roads take their first digit from the single digit A road in an anticlockwise direction from their point of origin, and Newcastle Road, which was formerly designated A1, is now unclassified. The A6127 was renamed the A167. Car traffic is now banned from the northern part of Front Street and it is restricted to buses, cyclists and delivery vehicles for the shops.
Rail
Chester-le-Street Railway Station
Chester-le-Street railway station, on the East Coast Main Line of the National Rail network, between Newcastle and Durham, opened in 1868. It offers local connections and cross-country train services. As of 2008, train operators serving the station are CrossCountry, TransPennine Express and Northern. A local independent company, Chester-le-Track, has operated the station since 1999, as an agent for Arriva Trains Northern and Northern Rail.
Bus
The town is the original home of The Northern General Transport Company, nowadays Go North East, and the company still operates from the Picktree Lane Depot.
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