---
title: "St Oswald, St Cuthbert & King Alfwald, Halton"
description: "Located in Halton, Northumberland. Built C12; external features C16; re-roofed 1706. Diocese of Newcastle. Grade I. Norman; C16 remodel style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Northumberland","Halton","Grade I","Norman"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-oswald-st-cuthbert-king-alfwald-halton"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:46:38.146Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T20:34:01.711Z"
location: "Halton, Northumberland"
country: "England"
county: "Northumberland"
town: "Halton"
address: "Postern Gate Road, Halton, Northumberland, NE45 5PH"
postcode: "NE45 5PH"
built: "C12; external features C16; re-roofed 1706"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Oswald"]
diocese: "Newcastle"
grade: "I"
style: "Norman; C16 remodel"
materials: "Random rubble with Welsh slate roof"
website: "https://www.corbridgechurch.org.uk/halton-church"
openingHours: "Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church."
parish: "Corbridge with Halton and Newton Hall"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1155675"
gridReference: "NY 997 678"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# St Oswald, St Cuthbert & King Alfwald, Halton

Halton Church is a Grade I building beside Halton Castle, Northumberland, dedicated to St Oswald, St Cuthbert and King Alfwald, in the parish of Corbridge with Halton and Newton Hall in the Diocese of Newcastle.

## Overview

Historic England dates the church to the twelfth and sixteenth centuries: random rubble with a Welsh slate roof, nave, chancel and west vestry. Medieval masonry survives, but all external features are sixteenth-century. The three-bay nave has a south door with a segmental-arched, roll-moulded surround and two-light windows with round heads; the one-bay chancel has a similar five-light east window under a hoodmould. There is an embattled parapet and a gabled west bellcote.

The interior has an unmoulded twelfth-century chancel arch with plain chamfered imposts. The shallow-pitched roof has massive old tie beams with short king and queen posts, probably about 1400. Pevsner called the church originally Norman, noting that the north-west nave quoins may be Saxon. A local guide argues that the thin walls of reused Roman stone from the nearby fort of Hunnum (Onnum) resemble Anglo-Saxon work at Escomb. Cuthbert Carnaby of Halton is credited with the present windows and south door; the wooden roof was added in 1706. A Roman altar stands outside.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1155675](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1155675)
- [British Listed Buildings: Halton Church](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101155675-halton-church-whittington)
- [St Andrew’s, Corbridge: Halton Church](https://www.corbridgechurch.org.uk/halton-church)