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Where no one is an island, on an island; a place to belong, believe and become a follower of Jesus Christ.

Built in 1880 by a local builder using local stone and financed by a local family, St Peter's Martindale is noted for the modern stained glass windows depicting Christian themes, dedicated to past members of the community and other notables.

This Grade I church has a Norman south doorway and font.

The translation of the place name Llanfairfechan is little church of St Mary.

The church has Victorian origins but the chancel contains dramatic murals from the 1960s depicting the crucified and enthroned Christ flanked by angels.

A casualty of Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries, the only remaining part of the 12th century Premonstratensian Blanchland Abbey is part of the abbey church which today serves the parish of Blanchland.

Holy Ghost church was built in the early English style by Canon Alexander Scholes, who is buried in the church grounds and his memorial headstone is on the north side of the church.

Blanchland got its name from the white habits worn by monks of the Premonstratensian order who founded Blanchland Abbey.

St Catherine's church is an important survival from the 12th century, associated with the first church established by St Cedd.

Founded in the late 12th century under Bishop Puiset of Durham, it was built on land granted by the Diocese to Sherburn Hospital for sick brethren to convalesce.