Escomb Saxon Church

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Escomb Saxon Church community welcomes you to worship God with us in this very special place. Christian worship has taken place here for over 1300 years. We gather every Sunday at 11am, for Holy Communion. Apart from (from 9th June 2024) the third Sunday of the month, which is Celtic Communion at 4pm. All are very welcome.

Escomb is situated two miles west of Bishop Auckland in the Wear Valley. The church was built around 675 AD with stone probably from the Roman Fort at Binchester. It was originally thought that the church was an offshoot of one of the local monasteries eg Whitby or Hartlepool but this is only one of several possibilities as there are no known written records until 990 AD. The parish of Escomb and Witton Park is in a group with 3 other parishes, Etherley, Hamsterley and Witton-le-Wear.