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Set close to Bowes Castle and surrounded by trees the small, low church, dating from the 12th century is easy to miss, but is well worth a visit.

St Helen's Cross is a beautifully preserved late 12th century stone, probably a votive cross to St Helen Empress and mother of the first Christian Emperor of Rome.

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.

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.

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

One of County Durham's finest Norman churches with 12th century arcades, Norman font and a rare 12th century wall painting.

Although The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) built a Meeting House in Darlington in 1678 (when they bought the plot for ’35), the present structure was not completed until about 1846.

A haven of peace and beauty in a busy town centre.

A beautiful 13th century church with a well preserved Ankers House Museum, it houses a copy of the Lindesfarne Gospels.

Consecrated in 1864 and featuring an artefact from the Great Pyramid of Ghizeh and a reredos by the Venetian Salviati.