All Saints Church, Sockburn Explained

All Saints Church
Coordinates:	54.4582°N -1.4619°W
Country:	England
Location:	Sockburn, County Durham, England
Denomination:	Anglican
Architectural Type:	Church
Diocese:	Durham
Province:	York

All Saints Church is a ruined Church of England parish church in Sockburn, County Durham, England.^[1] A Grade I listed building, the church has pre- and post-Conquest mediaeval aspects, and is linked to the legends of the Sockburn Worm.

The church was in use until 1838, when it was replaced by All Saints' Church, Girsby, across the River Tees.^[2]

Further reading

• Knowles . W. H. . 1905 . Sockburn Church . Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Northumberland and Durham . 5.
• Lang . J. T. . 1972 . Illustrative carvings of the Viking period at Sockburn on Tees . Archaeologia Aeliana . 4 . 50.

External links

• Web site: All Saints (Sockburn) . 25 June 2023 . A Church Near You . Church of England.

Notes and References

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2. Book: Page . William . A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 . 1914 . Victoria County History . London . 20 October 2024.