Parts of the church are thought to date from the 12th century although the main tower is from 1901 by Temple Moore.
During repairs in 1827 this stone depicting a dragon attacking a horse/cow/panther (opinions vary)Â was discovered under the floor, it is thought to be Anglo-Saxon.
A stone coffin was also found under the floor at the same time.
I posted earlier this year about the Wesleyan Chapel
Sadly in April 2013 demolition started
In early May 2013 this was revealed
It would appear to be a passage from Psalm 100
‘Enter into his gates with praise, and into his courts with rejoicing’
A Dominican Friary (“Black Friars”) existed in Yarm from some time before 1266 until the Dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in 1539 
This boundary wall remains.
For such a prominent building in Redcar, information is surprisingly hard to come by, the recently published Redcar and District Local History says it was built in 1869 at a cost of £4000 with seating for 650. That information is sourced from the Bulmers Guide of 1890
Although the 1884 Ward and Lock Guide state that a Wesleyan Chapel was built near the center of town in 1860 (although this could be elsewhere it doesn’t seem to tie in with anything else)
There are addition references to hint at both dates :-
Guisborough Wesleyan Methodist Circuit Register Of Baptisms Redcar Section. (1860 – 1926)
Redcar Chapel (Trinity) – Booklet entitled “100 years of Service. Trinity Methodist Church, 1869 – 1969.
Update : Fred Brunskill comments that the earlier methodist chapel was from 1853 and on the High Street where Clinkards now is on the right of this photo.
UPDATE April 2013 :-
Walked past today and it looks like the building is being demolished, another sad loss.
I managed to get a shot of the roof from the beacon.
The current St Mary’s Church was built for Sir Thomas Hustler of Acklam Hall around 1874 although older churches existed on the site.
The church was expanded from seating 135 to 400 in 1956/57 in a style unfortunately not in keeping with the older church.
The history of this location seems to be in complete conflict from two sources. A recently published book by Vera Robinson MBE says it was built in 1874 as a Wesleyan Chapel and became the Catholic Sacred Heart Church in 1915.
While pages on the Communigate website says the opposite, that it was built for the Catholic community and became Methodist when the current Sacred Heart Church on Lobster Road was built in 1913/1914.
One clue is a dedication stone which confirms the 1874 build date and a re-opening on September 9th 1913 by Miss A.D. Hutchinson of Saltburn
Comparing maps from 1895 to 1915Â backs up the latter sequence of events.
 1895
 1915
The ‘Bible Christians’ were a Methodist denomination formed in 1815 and centered on Devon and Cornwall.
I think there’s a very strong possibility that miners from that area migrated to Cleveland to work in the mines and brought this specific brand of religion with them, as emigrants from Devon and Cornwall also took the religion to America and Canada.
The church name ceased to exist in 1907 when they merged to become the United Methodist Church which itself merged in 1932 to become the Methodist Church of Great Britain.
This area of Linthorpe Cemetery is entiely populated with the identical simple gravestones of Quakers.
It pre-dates the rest of cemetery hugely as it was established in 1660, all the original stone were removed in 1717 as was the custom of the time for Quakers. Between 1745 and 1855 other sites were used before burial resumed here with the simple gravestones up until the present day.
The current main Linthorpe graveyard surrounding this one was not established until 1869.
The sculpture ‘Growth’ and Andrew McKeown dates from 2009
It stands in Linthorpe Cemetary on the site of the two identical chapels builts in the 1870, one for CofE and one for other religions. Sadly the last remains of the chapels were removed in 1986, their outlines remain in stone.
St Marys was built in 1953 and was only open until 1978 as most of Warrenby was depopulated and demolished by 1983.
Surprisingly even in the 1970s many houses here were without electricity, a bathroom or inside toilets.
The building is currently in use as a car repair workshop.