Old All Saints Church, Skelton

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All Saints in Skelton was built in 1785 by John Hall-Stevenson although it incorporates parts of an older church on the site which it replaced.
All Saints Skelton
The church became redundant in 1884 when the new church was constructed on the High Street where the font and one of the bells were moved to.
All Saints Skelton
All Saints Skelton
The church is currently in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust
All Saints Skelton
Inside there is an interesting memorial to the Trotter Family of Skelton Castle, giving a short family history of John Trotter who died in 1701 and his wife Elizabeth who dies in 1726.
All Saints Skelton
Also John Calvert from 1705 who its recorded left money to provide for the poor in Moorsholm.
All Saints Skelton

Lutenist Peter Lagan will be playing for visitors to the church from 12pm on Saturday 1st September 2012.

Stained Glass Windows, Kirkleatham Almshouses

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An open day was arranged 28/29th July 2012 to view the recently restored window in the chapel of the Kirkleatham Almshouses. The window was on the verge of collapse until a year-long restoration was undertaken by York specialist Keith Barley at a cost of £35,000.
Stained Glass, Sir William Turners Almshouse
The windows date from the 1740s and are the work of William Price, who’s face is depicted in the centre of the scene, theres also a second face of his father Joshua Price but its not visible on my photo.

The central panel is a nativity scene designed by Sebatiano Ricci, the right panel depicts Sir William Turner in his robes as the Lord Mayor of London. On the left his elder bother John Turner, a serjeant-at-law,

Newton Memorial Chapel, Loftus

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Newton Memorial Chapel was built in 1876, it was named after the Reverand Robert Newton of Roxby (1780 – 1854) who was a travelling Wesleyan minister.

Newton Memorial Chapel, Loftus
The chapel was hit by a German bomb on Saturday March 15, 1941.

A house stands on the site now, but parts of the graveyard can still be seen on the land behind that.
Newton Memorial Chapel, Loftus

Quaker Burial Ground, Darlington

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The quaker burial ground can be found just off Skinnergate and contains over 1000 burials.
Quaker Burial Ground, Darlington
All the headstones are very simple in design as is traditional, despite some of them being the most powerful and influential industrialists and bankers in the area.
Edward Pease (1767-1858) – The Father of the Railways
Joseph Pease (1799-1872) – First Quaker MP
John Fowler (1826-1864) – Inventor of the steam plough
Henry Pease (1807-1881) – Founder of Saltburn
James Backhouse (1720-1798) – Founder of Backhouse Bank which eventually became Barclays.

Greatham Church School / Community Centre

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A series of date stones are preserved in the wall of the current community centre. The first marks the foundation of the Greatham Church School in 1834 with the inscription ‘Non Nobis Domine’ which translates as “Not to us, O Lord”

Next is a 1878 rebuild with the inscription ‘Non Nobis Sed, Nomini Tuo Da Glorium’ which translates as “not to us, but to your name give glory” both parts being from Psalm 115

Greatham

The final stone simply marks a 1928 enlargement.