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Contains 21 carved heads, depicting subjects including the green man, crowned heads and strange animals.

From the earliest days of Christianity in northern England there has been a place of worship in Driffield.

The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.

The exterior of St Mary's is a pleasing, rather homely mixture of roofs and walls clustered around a central tower and spire.

Long and red brick with Portland stone facings and with a tall tower topped by a spire, the church is a prominent local landmark.

The churchyard has a distinct curve to it perhaps following the shape of an underlying moat and ancient meeting place. An ancient Yew tree reckoned to be between 1,000 and 2,000 years old also stands in the churchyard.

The first thing the visitor sees at Holy Trinity is unusual: a 13th century west porch, properly called a galilee that stands in front of the west tower.

A church has stood here since Saxon times and the present St Andrew's has had many owners.

Grade II listed church with interesting architectural features and artistic decoration.

A 13th century church with connection between church and poet Sir John Betjeman, just waiting to be discovered.

Built 1150-1250, although of Saxon origin, which is associated with John Wyclif and contains more medieval stained glass than anywhere else in County Durham, with the exception of the Cathedral.