The Wesleyan Chapel in Upleatham dates from 1862.
As such it is one of the few survivors of the original village which was undermined by the Upleatham Ironstone mine between 1890 and 1905, half the buildings being lost to subsidence after the ironstone below was extracted.
 At this moment it is currently up for sale.
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.
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.
The church is currently in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust
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.
Also John Calvert from 1705 who its recorded left money to provide for the poor in Moorsholm.
Lutenist Peter Lagan will be playing for visitors to the church from 12pm on Saturday 1st September 2012.
The gates of St Cuthberts are a listed building in their own right. The feature a skull and crossbones topped with a roman oil lamp.
The mounting step near the gate is thought to date from around 1763
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.
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,
This Primitive Methodist chapel dates from 1870 and was just across the road from the 1876 Wesleyan chapel.
Sadly this building is currently disused, vintage photos of it are uncommon as most seem to be looking past it in both directions.
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.
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.
The quaker burial ground can be found just off Skinnergate and contains over 1000 burials.
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.
Christ Church in Hartlepool was built in 1854 and designed by Edward Buckton Lamb, it was paid for by public subscription with a large contribution from Ralph Ward Jackson, it is built from limestone excavated during the construction of Jacksons Dock.
The church closed in 1973 and in 1996 became Hartlepool Art Gallery.
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
The final stone simply marks a 1928 enlargement.
St James Church was built in 1886-7 on the site of the short lived Holy Trinity Church of 1848
The font outside is originally from St. Thomas a Becket’s church in Grindon.
