English Heritage sites near Sherburn Village Parish
FINCHALE PRIORY
3 miles from Sherburn Village Parish
The very extensive remains of a 13th-century priory, founded on the site of a retired pirate's hermitage. Part of it later served as a holiday retreat for the monks of Durham Cathedral.
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
10 miles from Sherburn Village Parish
A charming Gothic Revival 'eyecatcher' built in 1760 in the park of the Bishops of Durham. It provided deer with shelter and food, and had grounds for picnics and rooms for enjoying the view.
HYLTON CASTLE
10 miles from Sherburn Village Parish
The distinctive and highly decorative gatehouse-tower of a castle built by the wealthy Sir William Hylton, shortly before 1400. Originally containing four floors of self-contained family.
ST PAUL'S MONASTERY, JARROW
14 miles from Sherburn Village Parish
The home of the Venerable Bede, chronicler of the beginnings of English Christianity, Jarrow has become one of the best-understood Anglo-Saxon monastic sites.
DERWENTCOTE STEEL FURNACE
15 miles from Sherburn Village Parish
Built in the 1720s, Derwentcote is the earliest and most complete steel-making furnace in Britain. It produced high-grade steel for springs and cutting tools.
BENWELL ROMAN TEMPLE - HADRIAN'S WALL
15 miles from Sherburn Village Parish
The remains of a small temple to the native god 'Antenociticus', in the 'vicus' (civilian settlement) which stood outside Benwell fort.
Churches in Sherburn Village Parish
St Mary's, Sherburn
Front Street
Sherburn Village
Durham
0191 374 1079
http://www.sherburnchurch.org.uk
Our church offers services and community activities in Sherburn.
Sunday church service
9.30am Sung Eucharist with Sunday School
Weekday church service
Thursday 10.00am Holy Communion
Weddings and baptisms (christenings)
To book a baptism (sometimes called a christening), please call into the church between 5.00 and 6.00pm on any Wednesday. This is currently suspended during lockdown so for this and <span style="font-size: 1rem;">wedding bookings, please contact the Revd Tom Glover through the contact page.</span>