Creative Durham
Creative activities at grassroots level, promoting Durham as a place where creative people can live and work and encouraging people to express themselves and their communities through culture and, in turn, the development and expansion of the creative and cultural sectors within the region. Inspiration for these activities will come from the stories of Durham's past innovators and pioneers and existing creative practitioners.
St Helen's Parish Church dates from around AD1120 when the nave bays were built. Side aisles were added in AD1170 and chapels in around AD1220. The clerestory and battlements date from around AD1500. The main door is original. Several features in the church refer to the Eden family, forebears of Sir Anthony Eden. The church underwent a major restoration in 2001 which included the renewal of the stone floor and the addition of Read More…
It is believed that a wooden church existed on the site of the present church which dates from AD1000. The beautifully decorated north aisle arches were added in about AD1180. Read More…
St Mary the Virgin is an Anglo-Saxon church listed as being 1 of 20 pre-Viking churches in the country. Founded around 600AD, the chancel was rebuilt in the Norman period and a tower around 1300. It overlooks the cliffs and the sea of the Durham coast. Still in use, the church is a quiet and valued part of the historic settlement of Old Seaham, with its links with Byron and the coal-owning Londonderry family. Read More…
Relics of St Cuthbert, embroidered vestments, 11thC sanctuary knocker, manuscripts, altar plate and seals. Also facsimile of The Lindisfarne Gospels and interactive computer programme 'Turning the Pages'. Read More…
