Churches Connected to the Carr Family

RENNINGTON CHAPEL 1825

The first church of Beadnell was a small chapel on the rocky point known as Ebb's Nook, near to the harbour.

This ancient chapel was replaced by another which stood on the green between the two rows of houses in the village, probably very near to the present church. In the early eighteenth century this was little used and was in poor order.

Saint Ebba's was for centuries a chapel of ease to the great mother church of Saint Aidan, Bamburgh. The parish of Beadnell was created in 1854.

The church contains memorials to several local families.

Rosanna Cummins was lived in the village of Beadnell but was baptised in St Aidens Bamborough

ST AIDENS BAMBROUGH

St. Aidan’s Church origin dates from 635 AD when St. Aidan came to Lindisfarne from Iona.

Local heroin Grace Darling famous for her daring rescue of shipwrecked sailors near the Farne Isles is buried here and a memorial stands in the churchyard and in the church.

The present day church was constructed principally between 1170-1230

ST MICHAEL'S ALNWICK

The first chapel recorded on this site is 1174 AD, but it is thought that there could have been a chapel as far back as the 8th century. The church suffered damage from many of the border clashes and the lookout tower provided early warnings of the raids. It was in 1464 that Henry V1 decreed in a charter that it should be rebuilt. The major part of the building still relates to the 14th and 15th centuries. Restoration work was undertaken in 1825 and 1860 but not until 1880 was structural work done to the main building.

ST MARY THE VIRGIN MORPETH
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St. Mary the Virgin Church dates back to the 13th and 14th century and is one of the finest and largest 14th century churches in Northumberland The churchyard contains the grave of Emily Wilding Davison (born in 1872) the suffragette who threw herself in front of the King's horse on Derby Day in 1913

ST MICHAEL'S BISHOPWEARMOUTH
	St Michael's Church stands in Bishopwearmouth and was built in the 13th century. It is still stands as a main feature in the Bishopwearmouth area of Sunderland

ST MARKS MILLFIELD
	St Marks Church is situated on Hylton Road in Millfield. It was built in 1872 and is still there today.