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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Coundon St James was created in 1842 from chapelry in | Coundon St James was created in 1842 from chapelry in [[Auckland_St_Andrew,_Durham]] Ancient Parish and includes: Windlestone and Westerton. The church was rebuilt in 1872 on a new site set further back from the road, and on a much grander in scale, the accommodation being increased to 530 seats. Again dedicated to St. James, it was designed by the leading architect Ewan Christian, and is an imposing stone building in the Early English style with lancet windows, large and with an apsidal east end Instead of being served by a perpetual curate, it now had its own vicar. Chapels were also built for the Wesleyan Methodists, Primitive Methodists and New Connexions. | ||
Parts of this parish became part of these parishes: Chilton St. Aidan (1925) | Parts of this parish became part of these parishes: Chilton St. Aidan (1925) | ||
COUNDON, a township, in the parish of St. Andrew Auckland, union of Auckland, N. W. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 2 miles (E. by S.) from Bishop-Auckland; containing 475 inhabitants, when the census was taken in 1831, but now increased to 990, in consequence of the extended working of its coal-mines. A church and parsonage-house have been erected, and the living has been endowed by the Bishop of Durham, and a district assigned comprising the townships of Coundon, Windleston, and Westerton: the Bishop presents. | |||
From: 'Cotton - Coupland ', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 700-702. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50899 Date accessed: 25 March 2011.<br> | |||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||