The Diocese of Hexham was founded on 29 September 1850, becoming the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle in 1861. Today it covers the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham, and the part of Cleveland north of the River Tees. The cathedral is in Newcastle, and is dedicated to St Mary. 179 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2012).
A large church conceived before and built after the Second Vatican Council, conventional in plan and design. It has a... Read More
Hexham has a continuous history of Catholic activity from the early seventeenth century. The present church was built... Read More
A post-War utilitarian structure successfully re-vamped in 2007 as a multi-purpose building with accessible church and... Read More
A 1970s lightweight prefabricated octagonal structure with timber glulam roof trusses, built to replace a 1920s church... Read More
An early post-Emancipation Catholic church by a well-known architect, this modest 1830s building by the younger Bonomi... Read More
One of the earliest modern Catholic foundations in east Durham. A church and presbytery were built in 1825, from which... Read More
A small Early English Gothic church built in 1860-61 by voluntary labour for the largely Irish Catholic population of... Read More
A centrally-planned church from the early 1970s, built to serve a post-war housing estate, with a fan-shaped worship... Read More
A plain post-war church, the internal plan reorientated in the 1990s. The new furnishings are of some quality and... Read More
A large post-war church with a light and lofty interior, reminiscent of a hall church. The sanctuary has been... Read More
An interwar Gothic revival church by a German architect, with a later bell tower. The window tracery seems to be... Read More
A stone-built Edwardian church serving a mining town, the design of which although not original for its date is... Read More
