St John the Baptist

Local nameSt John the Baptist
LocationStockton-on-Tees, UK

The parish church of St John the Baptist, Egglescliffe is an Anglican church in the village of Egglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees. It is a perpendicular church, built in the Norman style. There has been a church on the site for at least 900 years, however the original date of construction is unknown. It is claimed that there is a tunnel from the church to the Friarage in the grounds Yarm School. It is alleged that it was originally used as an escape tunnel for the monks when the Yarm School area was a catholic house. The Dominican Friars, Black Friars, occupied a site in Yarm from 1286 to 1583.

It is part of a long history and many more are buried in the church yard than there are gravestones for - some graves marked with just one name actually contain up to four people, since people have been buried there for hundreds and hundreds of years, grave stones only being introduced recently.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist,_Egglescliffe

Official website http://stjohnsegglescliffe.org.uk/

Address Church Road, Egglescliffe TS16 9DQ, United Kingdom

Coordinates 54°30'43.513" N -1°21'6.362" E

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