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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham Parishes]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham Parishes]] | ||
== <br> [[Image:Coundon Co Durham St James.jpg|thumb|right | == <br> [[Image:Coundon Co Durham St James.jpg|thumb|right]]Parish History == | ||
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.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50899#s19 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848), pp. 700-702. Adapted. Date accessed: 12 December 2013.</ref> | 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.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50899#s19 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848), pp. 700-702. Adapted. Date accessed: 12 December 2013.</ref> | ||
'''Additional information:''' | '''Additional information:''' | ||
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'''. | ||
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