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== Parish History == | |||
HUNSTANWORTH, a '''parish''', in the union of Weardale, W division of Chester ward, N division of the county of Durham, 8 miles NNW from Stanhope. The church is a small neat structure, almost entirely built towards the close of the last century, on the site of a very ancient edifice.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51054#s12 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848), pp. 583-588. Date accessed: 29 March 2011. </ref> | |||
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In common with its neighbours at [[Edmundbyers, Durham]] and [[Ebchester, Durham]] the parish began as a chapelry in 1747 within the ancient parish of [[Edmundbyers, Durham]]. St James chapel was replaced in 1862 by the present church. | |||
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