Organs in the churches
of the Durham Diocese


prepared by Richard Hird: Diocesan Organs Adviser

This page is still in preparation, and  so remains basic, and links not yet thoroughly checked or tested.  Please notify errors and/or omissions, or suggestions for improvement.  

* More organ links *                                                                                 

Brancepeth
Brancepeth
(formerly at Winterton Hospital)


Place
(incl. cross references)


Church


Provisional
Organ listing
[statistics]

Existing Historic
Organ Certificate


National Pipe Organ Register

Reference/Link

Annfield Plain 
St Aidan

-

N15105

Auckland (Bishop)
St Peter

II*

N12075

Auckland (Bishop)
Woodhouse Close

II

N15187

Auckland (Bishop)
       (South Church)

St Andrew

-

D03660, from
N12081+ N04265

Auckland (Bishop)
St Anne (Market Place)

II*

N14906

Auckland (West) 
St Helen

II (incl. old
pipework and case)

N14961

Aycliffe
St Andrew

II

N12175

Barnard Castle 
St Mary

-

N04209

Beamish, see Stanley

Bearpark St Edmund

II

G00235

Belmont, nr.Durham St Mary Magd

II

N14941

Benfieldside
  (Shotley Bridge)
St Cuthbert

II

N04274

Bensham TM  St Chad

II

G00047

Biddick, see South Shields

Billingham

St Cuthbert

-

N15012

Billingham

St Aidan

x

Electronic

Billingham

St Luke

x

Electronic

Billingham St Mary Magd, see Wolviston

Birtley

St John Evang.

II*

D06390

Bishop Auckland, incl.Woodhouse Close, see Auckland

Bishop Middleham

St Michael

II 

N12142

Bishopton
 (Great Stainton)

All Saints

x

Electronic

Bishopton

St Peter

II*

N12099

Bishopwearmouth

St Gabriel

II

N15162

Bishopwearmouth
 (Pallion)

St Luke

-

G00464

Bishopwearmouth
  (Millfield)

St Mark

II* 

N15164

Bishopwearmouth
  (Millfield)

St Mary Magd

-

N15163

Bishopwearmouth

St Nicholas

 -

N15161, replacing
 N04226 + N16062

Bishopwearmouth

The Good Shepherd (Ford Estate)

-

Vincent unit organ?

Bishopwearmouth

St.Michael's Minster, see Sunderland

Blackhall

St Andrew

II* 

N15048

Blackwell, see Darlington

Blaydon, see Stella 

Bolam, see Heighington

Boldon (East)

St George

-

N15106

Boldon (West)

St Nicholas

-

N15069

Bowburn, see Cassop

Brancepeth

St Brandon

R01230 replacing
N14884 destroyed in fire

Brancepeth

Castle Chapel

x

Harmonium

Brandon 

St John Evang.

II*

N04242

Brandon
     (New Brancepeth)

St Catherine

-

D05866

Burnhope, see Holmside

Burnmoor
     (aka Bournmoor)

St Barnabas

I

D05170

Burnopfield

St James

N15014

Byers Green 

St Peter

II

N15008

Cassop (Bowburn

Christ the King

x

Electronic

Castle Eden 

St James

-

N15047

Castleside

St John

II

N14957

Chester le Street 

St Mary & St Cuthbert

II

N12147

Chilton

St Aidan

II

G00246

Chilton Moor 

St Andrew

x

Electronic, replacing G00323

Chopwell

St John Evang.

II (historic case) 

T00039

Clavering, see Hartlepool

Cleadon

All Saints

-

N15167

Cleadon Park 

St Mark & St Cuthbert

-

N15168

Cockerton, see Darlington

Cockfield

St Mary

II*

N14963

Collierley (Harelaw

St.Thomas

II

G00031

Coniscliffe

St Edwin

-

N14904

Coniscliffe
    (Piercebridge)

St Mary

x

Electronic

Consett

Christ Church

 II*

N14955

Cornforth

Holy Trinity

 -

N15075, replacing Sagar

Coundon

St James

II

N14912

Cowshill, see Heatherycleugh

Coxhoe

St Mary

II 

N15136

Crawcrook, see Greenside

Crook 

St Catherine

II 

N14931

Croxdale

St Bartholomew

II* 

N07925

Dalton le Dale 

St Andrew

II

N14927 

Dalton le Dale(Murton

Holy Trinity

II 

N15033

Darlington
  (Haughton le Skerne)

St Andrew

-

K00559 replacing N12063

Darlington

St James

Electronic, replacing Lewis

Darlington

St Matthew [w.St Luke]

-

N15183

Darlington

St Mark [w.St Paul]

II

N12167

Darlington

St Cuthbert

-

D04765, replacing N12044

Darlington
   (Cockerton)

St Mary

 x

Electronic, replacing
N04186(to Rekendyke)

Darlington
   (Blackwell)

All Saints

x

Electronic, was N12079

Darlington

[St Hilda &] St Columba

x

Electronic

Darlington

Holy Trinity

 II*

N04191, out of N04190

Darlington

Salutation Church 

x

Electronic

Darlington TM 

St John 

II*

N12161

Darlington TM 

St Herbert

x

Electronic

Dawdon

St Hild & St Helen 

II*

N15127

Deaf Hill, see  Trimdon Station

Dinsdale, see Hurworth

Dipton

St John Evang

II
(historic pipework)

N14880

Dunston

St Nicholas [w. Ch.Ch.]

II 

G00038

Durham
      (Newton Hall)

All Saints

 x

Electronic

Durham
   (Nevilles Cross)

St John 

II

N14949

Durham 

St Giles

II

N12162

Durham 

St Margaret

II*

N04170

Durham 

St Nicholas

x

Electronic, was  N12809, of which part became 1m: R00820

Durham 

St Oswald

II

N09193;  previous  D00491

Durham 

St Cuthbert

II

N12150; previous N12153

Durham
 (Framwellgate Moor)

St Aidan

II

N04240

Easington

St Mary

II*

N14974

Easington Colly

The Ascension

II* 

Organ transferred from Hesleden - N14976; old organ was N14973

Easington Lane, see Lyons 

East Herrington, see Sunderland

East Rainton

St Cuthbert

x

Electronic, was N15092

Eastgate

All Saints

II 

N15077

Ebchester

St Ebba

x

Electronic

Ebchester
  (Hamsterley/Low Westwood)

Christ Church

II

G00053

Edmundbyers

St Edmund 

-

N15010

Egglescliffe

St John Bapt.

N12048, from N04277

Egglestone

Holy Trinity 

-

N14898

Eighton Banks 

St Thomas 

-

D06672 replacing G00337

Eldon

St Mark 

-

N14979

Elton, see Long Newton 

Elwick, see Hart

Escomb

Saxon Church 

II

N04218

Esh
 (Hamsteels/Quebec)

St John B. 

-

G00344

Esh (Langley Park)

All Saints 

-

N15116

Esh

St Michael & AA. 

-

N14996

Etherley

St Cuthbert

II

N15086

Evenwood

St Paul 

II*

N14962

Fatfield
      (Washington

St George

II* 

D06406

Felling 

Christ Church 

I

D03368

Ferryhill

St Luke 

II*

G00043, replacing
 N15028 (to Trimdon)

Ferryhill

St Martha & St Mary 

x

Electronic

Fir Tree, see Howden le Wear

Fishburn, see Sedgefield

Forest & Frith

St James the Less 

I

D00496

Framwellgate Moor, see Durham

.

Frosterley

St Michael & AA.

II

D00493

Gainford

St Mary 

I

N13278

Gateshead

St Edmunds Chapel 

x

Electronic

Gateshead

St James & St Bede Centre

x

Electronic

Gateshead

St George

I

N04202

Gateshead (Low Fell) 

St Helen

II

N04207

Gateshead Fell 

St John 

II

D07943 (from Blackhill),
replacing D07944

Gateshead, see also Bensham, Felling, Harlow Green, Heworth, Leam Lane

Girsby, see Hurworth (Sockburn)

Grange Villa, see West Pelton

Grangetown

St Aidan

-

Church entry but no
organ details

Great Lumley, see Lumley

Great Stainton, see Bishopton

Greatham

St John Bapt.

II*

N15175

Greatham Hospital

 

x

Electronic

Greenside
     (Crawcrook)

Holy Spirit 

-

D06391

Greenside

St John 

II

D06393

Greenvale, see Stockton

Grindon

Wynyard Hall Chapel

II* 

D06350

Grindon
 (aka Thorpe Thewles

St James

II 

G00226

Grindon, see Sunderland

Hamsteels, see Esh

Hamsterley

St James

 -

D05952, replacing N15102

Hamsterley Colliery, see Ebchester/Low Westwood

Hardwick, see Stockton

Harelaw, see Collierley

Harlow Green 

St Ninian

x

Electronic

Hart

St Mary Magd

II*

N15180

Hart (Elwick  Hall)

St Peter 

-

N15013

Hartburn, see Stockton

Hartlepool

St Hilda

-

Church entry but
no organ details

Hartlepool

St Oswald

I

Electronic; N04261 unusable

Hartlepool

St Luke 

x

Electronic, was N15130

Hartlepool

Holy Trinity 

-

Church entry but
no organ details

Hartlepool

?(Clavering) St Mark's Centre

x

Electronic

Hartlepool

St Aidan

II*

N15132

Hartlepool

St Columba

x

Church entry but
no organ details

Hartlepool

St Paul 

II*

N04273

Hartlepool
     (Owton Manor) 

St James

D06120

Hartlepool (Stranton

All Saints 

-

N00214, from D07031

Harton

St Peter 

-

N15169

Harton (Horsley Hill) 

St Lawrence the M. 

-

N15170

Haswell

St Paul 

-

N14975

Haughton le Skerne, see Darlington

Hawthorn

St Michael & AA.

x

Electronic

Heatherycleugh
     (Cowshill)

St Thomas 

II ?

D00495

Hebburn

St Cuthbert

II*

G00449

Hebburn

St John 

II

Church entry but
no organ details

Hebburn

St Oswald

II

G00173

Hedgefield, see Ryton

Hedworth

St Nicholas 

-

N15172

Heighington

St Michael 

-

N12089, out of N07933 

Heighington (Bolam)

St Andrew 

x

Harmonium

Hendon

St Ignatius

II

N15148

Herrington

St Aidan (new)(old demolished]

x

Electronic?

Hesleden, see Castle Eden

Heworth

St Mary 

II*

G00063

Heworth (Windynook

St Alban

II

N04206

High Coniscliffe, see Coniscliffe

High Spen, see Winlaton 

Holmside
     (Burnhope

St John Evang.

-

N14987

Horden

St Mary 

II

N15114

Horndale, see Newton Aycliffe

Houghton le Spring 

St Michael & AA

I

G00068; history N04227

Howden le Wear
     (FirTree

St Mary V

-

N15100

Hunstansworth

St James 

I

N15009

Hunwick

St Paul

x

Electronic, was N14983

Hurworth (Dinsdale)

St John Bapt

II*

N12039

Hurworth
  (Sockburn (Girsby))

All Saints 

x

Hammond

Hurworth

All Saints 

II*

N15050

Hutton Henry, see Wingate

Ingleton

St John 

II*

N15034

Jarrow Grange 

Christ Church 

II

R00753

Jarrow TM

St John Bapt

x

Electronic

Jarrow TM

St Mark 

II

G00222

Jarrow TM

St Paul 

II

N12143

Jarrow TM

St Peter (new ch.) 

x

Electronic

Kelloe

St Helen 

II*

N04217

Kimblesworth

St Philip & St James 

-

N14882

Kirk Merrington, see Merrington

Lamesley

St Andrew 

II

N04279, was N04278

Lanchester

All Saints 

II

N15068

Langley Park, see Esh

Leadgate

St Ives

-

N14984

Leam Lane 

St Andrew

-

N15070

Lobley Hill 

All Saints

was G00362

Long Newton 

St Mary 

I

N04275

Long Newton (Elton)

St John 

x

Electronic

Low Dinsdale, see Hurworth

Low Fell, see Gateshead

Low Westwood, see Ebchester

Lumley

Christ Church 

x

Electronic, was
N14971 (to Norfolk)

Lynesack

St John Evang.

II

N15081

Lynesack (Woodland)

St Mary

x

Harmonium

Lyons
     (Easington Lane

St Michael & AA. 

-

G00366

Marley Hill 

St Cuthbert

II*

G00367

Meadowfield, see Brandon

Medomsley

St Mary Magd

II*

N15110

Merrington

St John the Evang

I

N15017 

Middleton in Teesdale

St Mary the V. 

II

N01292

Middleton St George 

St Laurence

II

N07935

Middleton St George 

St George

x

Harmonium

Millfield, see Bishopwearmouth

Monk Hesleden, see Castle Eden

Monkwearmouth

St Peter

x

Electronic 

Monkwearmouth (Roker)

St Andrew 

II*

D00488

Monkwearmouth

All Saints

II

N15166

Muggleswick

 

-

N15020

Murton, see Dalton le Dale

Nevilles Cross, see Durham

New Brancepeth, see Brandon

New Shildon, see Shildon

Newbottle

St Matthew 

-

N15125, was G00373

Newton Aycliffe

St Clare

x

Electronic

Newton Aycliffe
     (Horndale)

St Francis (school) 

x

Electronic

Newton Aycliffe
     (Woodham)

St Elizabeth 

x

Electronic

Newton Hall, see Durham 

Norton 

St Mary the V. 

-

N15134

Norton 

St Michael & AA.

D06119

Owton Manor, see Hartlepool

Oxclose (Washington) 

 

-

Church entry but
no organ details

Pallion, see Bishopwearmouth

Pelton

Holy Trinity 

-

s/h Nelson organ has replaced
N12146

Pennywell, see Sunderland

Penshaw

All Saints 

II

N04249

Peterlee

St Cuthbert

-

N15189

Piercebridge, see Coniscliffe

Pittington

St Laurence

II

N14938

Preston on Tees 

All Saints

N12160

Quebec see Esh

Ragworth, see Stockton

Red House, see Sunderland

Redmarshall

St Cuthbert

II

N04214, was N12100

Rekendyke

St Jude

II

D05889 (was Cockerton),
replacing N15159

Roker, see Monkwearmouth

Rookhope

St John the Evang

-

Casson Positive.
No Church entry in NPOR!

Roseworth, see Stockton

Rowlands Gill, see Winlaton

Ryhope

St Paul 

-

D06009 (ex.Billingham Meth.),
was N15158

Ryton

Holy Cross 

II*

N15173

Sacriston

New church

x

?Electronic

Sadberge

St Andrew 

II

N15108

Satley

St Cuthbert

II*

N04247

Seaham

St Mary the V. 

-

N15073

Seaham (New)

Christ Church 

-

N15032

Seaham Harbour

St John

 II

G00284

Seaham Harbour
     (Deneside)

All Saints 

x

Electronic

Seaham, see also Seaham (New), Dawdon

Seaton Carew

Holy Trinity 

II

G00388

Sedgefield

St Edmund 

-

D00124; history N04216

Sedgefield (Fishburn)

St Catherine

x

Piano

Shadforth

St Cuthbert

I

N14972

Sherburn

St Mary

II*

N15044

Sherburn Hospital

Christ's Hospital

II

N14937, was D08002

Shildon

St John

II*

N12069, was G00390

Shincliffe

St Mary the V. 

II

N15121

Shiney Row 

St Oswald

II

N15123

Shotley Bridge, see Benfieldside

Shotton

St Saviour

-

N14960

Silksworth

St Matthew

II*

G00134

Simonside, see South Shields

South Hetton

Holy Trinity

 II

D03651

South Hylton

St Mary 

II

N14947

South Moor 

St George 

-

N14985

South Shields 

St Hilda [w. St Thomas]

 I

N14939

South Shields 

St Oswin

Closed 1985; demolished 


South Shields 

St Stephen

II

N15171

South Shields
     (Biddick Hall)

St Mary w. St Martin 

 

Church entry (under Sunderland)
but no organ details

South Shields
     (Simonside

St Simon

 

Church entry but
no organ details

South Shields
     (West Harton)

All Saints 

-

G00413

South Shields, see also Harton, Rekendyke, S.Westoe

South Stanley, see Stanley

South Westoe

St.Michael & AA. 

II*

D06233

Southwick

Holy Trinity

N15165

Southwick

St Columba

-

N12097

Spennymoor

Whitworth Church

II

N15099

Spennymoor

St Paul

-

N15098

Spennymoor, see also Tudhoe, Tudhoe Grange

Springwell, see Sunderland

St Johns Chapel,
     Weardale

St Johns Chapel 

I

D00494

St.Helen Auckland, see West Auckland

Staindrop

St Mary 

x

Electronic

Stanhope

St Thomas

N04230

Stanley (Crook) 

St Thomas

II* 

D05789

Stanley, see also South Moor

Stanley TM 

St Andrew (Beamish) 

-

G00139

Stanley TM 

S.Stanley, St Stephen

x

Electronic/Piano

Stella (Blaydon) 

St Cuthbert

x

Electronic

Stillington

St John

II 

N14928

Stockton on Tees
     (Hartburn)

All Saints 

-

Church entry but
no organ details

Stockton on Tees 

St Thomas PC

-

N15049, was N04211

Stockton on Tees 

St Paul 

II

Church entry but
no organ details

Stockton on Tees 

St Peter

-

T00029

Stockton on Tees
     (Fairfield)

St Mark

x

Electronic

Stockton on Tees
     (Greenvale)

Holy Trinity

 -

N12159

Stockton on Tees
     (Ragworth)

St John Bapt.(new)

-

Church entry but
no organ details

Stockton on Tees
     (Roseworth)

St Chad 

II

D05041

Stranton, see Hartlepool

Sulgrave, see Usworth

Sunderland
     (Pennywell

St Thomas

 

???

Sunderland
     (Red House) 

St Cuthbert

 

D06404

Sunderland
     (Springwell

St Mary the V. 

x

Electronic [Bede
School
organ stored]

Sunderland
     (Town End Farm) 

St Bede

 

N04220

Sunderland
     (East Herrington)

St Chad 

-

N12164

Sunderland
     (Grindon)

St Oswald

 

Church entry but
no organ details

Sunderland (Old)

Holy Trinity (RCF)

II

N15147

Sunderland, see also Bishopwearmouth, Castletown, Grangetown, Hendon, Monkwearmouth, Ryhope, Silksworth, S.Hylton, Southwick, Whitburn

Sunderland TM 

St Michael's Minster

II

N04223

Sunderland TM 

Donnison School

x

Church entry but
no organ details

Swalwell

Holy Trinity 

-

N00394

Tanfield

St Margaret 

II

N15111

Thornley, see Wolsingham

 

Thorpe Thewles, see Grindon

Tow Law 

St Philip & St James 

II

N14929

Town End Farm, see Sunderland

Trimdon

St Mary Magd

II

N09040, was N14977

Trimdon Grange 

St Alban

-

G00152

Trimdon Station
     (Deaf Hill) 

St Paul

II

G00035

Tudhoe

St David 

-

N15079

Tudhoe Grange

St Andrew 

II*

N14942

Ushaw Moor 

St Luke

-

N15030

Usworth

Holy Trinity

II

D06405

Usworth

St Michael

-

Nelson,
replacing G00408 after fire

Washington 

Holy Trinity

II* 

D00486 

Washington, see also Fatfield, Oxclose, Sulgrave, Usworth

Waterhouses

St Paul 

II

N15103

Wearhead, see Heatherycleugh

West Auckland, see Auckland St Helen

West Harton, see South Shields

West Pelton

St Paul 

I

N04244

West Pelton
      (Grange Villa)

St Columba

-

D05909

West Rainton

St Mary 

II

N15091

Westgate

St Andrew 

-

D06037 (ex.Crook (Peases West))

Wheatley Hill 

All Saints

 -

N15122

Whickham

St Mary the V. 

-