Church

St Peter ad Vincula, Thornaby

St Peter ad Vincula, Thornaby

The Old Church of St Peter on The Green, Thornaby-on-Tees, is a Grade II* twelfth-century single-cell church, restored in 1908 and rededicated as St Peter ad Vincula, in the Diocese of York.

Location
Thornaby, Yorkshire
Country
England
County
Yorkshire
City / town
Thornaby
Address
Thornaby Road, Thornaby, Yorkshire, TS17 0AW
Postcode
TS17 0AW
Built
C12; C15 buttresses; restored 1908
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
Peter
Diocese
York
Parish
St Mark and St Peter ad Vincula South Thornaby
Grade
II*
Style
Norman
Materials
Stone; modern tiled roof with double bellcote
Grid reference
NZ 450 164
Opening hours
Only usually open at service times which are: Sunday 9am, Sunday 6pm, Tuesday 9.30am. For up to date notices see our Facebook page.
Access
Level access throughout. Level access to the main areas

Overview

Historic England records a small twelfth-century building of a single cell, with fifteenth-century buttresses, a little worn decorative detail, restored in 1908, and a modern tiled roof with a double bellcote at the west end. Listed Grade II* on 19 January 1951 (NHLE 1139917). Wikipedia records that a church at Thornaby is mentioned in Domesday; the present structure is dated to the twelfth century. It was historically dedicated to St Mary Magdalene and was rededicated as St Peter ad Vincula after the 1908 restoration. Grace Pace, mother of Captain James Cook, was baptised here in 1702. The legal parish is St Mark and St Peter ad Vincula South Thornaby.

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