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St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street

County Durham, GB

St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street

The parish church of St Mary and St Cuthbert is a Church of England church in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. The site has been used for worship for over 1100 years; elements of the current building are over 950 years old. The oldest surviving translation of the Gospels into English was d

one here, by Aldred between 947 and 968, at a time when it served as the centre of Christianity from Lothian to Teesside.

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