The church has Anglo-Saxon origins. The present building contains some Norman work, but is mainly of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
By the early 1700s the wealthy urban élite of Sunderland were complaining that most pews in Bishopwearmouth were owned by local landowners.
The parish church of St Michael and All Angels in Bishopwearmouth belonged to the bishop of Durham, who appointed its rectors.
After its destruction by the Vikings the once proud Anglo-Saxon monastery of Wearmouth remained ruinous and uninhabited until the later 11th centur
The Anglo-Saxon monastery at Wearmouth (Monkwearmouth) was founded in 673 by the Northumbrian nobleman, Benedict Biscop and was supported by a larg
St Catherine's chapel, Hylton Castle
The parish church of Bishopwearmouth, St Michael's was designated a Minster Church in 1998. Descriptions and illustrations of the church, dating fr
Holy Trinity, attributed to the architect William Etty, was built in 1719 to serve the newly created parish of Sunderland.
St Peter’s church, Monkwearmouth, formed part of the Anglo Saxon monastery founded in c.673 by Benedict Biscop.
Sunderland's extraordinary variety of significant churches ranges from the Anglo Saxon St Peter, Monkwearmouth, to the "cathedral of the Arts and C
