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One of the most impressive Victorian buildings in Sunderland, an elegant brick built basilica in Byzantine-Romanesque style that rises above the ranked terraces of Southwick.

The earliest record of Christianity in the area round Keighley dates from 867 AD, when Archbishop Wulfhere of York fled from marauding Danes to Addingham.

A 19th century church, opened in 1837 but at least the third on the site, the earliest dating back to the 1100s and built by monks from Tynemouth.

'One of the finest small churches in the country dating back to the 7th/8th century' according to E Fernie.

This is a superb example of the work of William Butterfield (1814-1900) who designed almost the whole of the village of Baldersby, under a rich commission from Viscount Downe.

Despite its sudden expansion in the 1950s with the arrival of the car industry, Leyland remains a pleasant Lancashire town of Victorian terraced cottages and suburban greenery.

The early history of church life in Hampsthwaite is far from clear and is to some extent based on supposition.

In what had been a promontory clifftop overlooking the north of the harbour and estuary of the River Wear, land was given by King Ecgfrith to bring learning, culture and the Christian religion to the north of Saxon Britain.

All Saints was designed in the Early English style by John Dobson and was consecrated in October 1849.

Originally attached to the medieval community of Tynemouth Priory, the first parish church of Tynemouth stood within the walls of Tynemouth Castle.

An ancient and interesting church, full of historical information, a quite peaceful sanctuary.