English Heritage sites near Etherley Parish
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
4 miles from Etherley Parish
A charming Gothic Revival 'eyecatcher' built in 1760 in the park of the Bishops of Durham. It provided deer with shelter and food, and had grounds for picnics and rooms for enjoying the view.
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
7 miles from Etherley Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
9 miles from Etherley Parish
An excavated section, part cut into rock, of the ramparts of the huge Iron Age trading and power-centre of the Brigantes, the most important tribe in pre- Roman northern Britain.
BARNARD CASTLE
10 miles from Etherley Parish
Set on a high rock, Barnard Castle takes it name from its 12th-century founder, Bernard de Balliol. It was later developed by the Beauchamp family and then passed into the hands of Richard III.
EGGLESTONE ABBEY
10 miles from Etherley Parish
The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.
BOWES CASTLE
14 miles from Etherley Parish
The impressive ruins of Henry II's 12th-century keep, on the site of a Roman fort guarding the approach to strategic Stainmore Pass over the Pennines.
Churches in Etherley Parish
St Cuthbert
Church Road
Etherley
(01388) 833118
St Cuthbert's Church is a Grade II listed building. It is plain and typical of a stone structure built in 1832 to accommodate up to 200 people. There are no longer burials in the churchyard, but there is a new cemetry at the end of the village.
St Cuthbert's is a country parish of linear development stretching from the Four Lane Ends, near Escomb to Windmill and Morley. It covers an area of 10 square miles and is situated three miles west of Bishop Auckland. It has a population of approximately 2500.
The church is one of a group of 5 churches; The Saxon Church-Escomb; St Cuthbert's church- Etherley; St James'church- Hamsterley, St Paul's church-Witton Park and St Philip and St James' church- Witton le Wear.
Priest in Charge: Vacant
Churchwarden: Mr Barrie Kirton
Churchwarden: Mrs Elizabeth Jude
Treasurer: Mr Barrie Kirton
Secretary: Mrs Cynthia Knight
The church supports Tearfund, Christian Aid Samaritans Purse, The Butterwick Hospice and the Lesotho Durham Link Project
The church has close links with the local Methodist Church in South Road, and share in some joint special services at Christmas and Easter.
We run a Messy Church on the 2nd Tuesday in the month during term time.
Baptisms usually take place during or after Sunday morning services. Other services are arranged as required.
Pubs in Etherley Parish
Blacksmith's Arms
Reported closed April 2019 - subsequently reopened. Confirmed no real ale March 2022.
Dog & Gun
Dog & Gun, Etherley
Etherley Cricket Club
117 Low Etherley, Etherley, DL14 0HA
etherley.play-cricket.com/website/web_pa...
Sportsman
One open -plan room across the length of the building, with pool table and darts at one end. Meeting place for long-distance pigeon club. On the A68 at the West end of the village.
Three Tuns
Pub reopened 2014. No real ale at present