Darlington parish church, dedicated to St Cuthbert, dates back to the early 1100s.
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| It has been much modified over the centuries, including the addition of a spire in the 1300s (note the hedge-cross in the foreground) |
Cuthbert was born in 634 in Dunbar, which was then part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, but is now part of Scotland.
He may have been a soldier before taking monastic orders, rising to become bishop of Lindisfarne in 684, dying three years later.
He seems to have led a particularly frugal existence, enjoying the life of a hermit or traveling preacher.
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| A sundial looks a modern addition |
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| The chimney acted as a vent for Victorian boilers installed in church cellars |
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