St Peter's Church, Stockton-on-Tees

Church in County Durham, England

St Peter's Church, Stockton-on-Tees


Location	Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, TS18 3PJ
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Liberal Catholic
History
Status	Active
Architecture
Functional status	Parish church
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Durham
Archdeaconry	Archdeaconry of Auckland
Deanery	Stockton
Parish	St. Peter Stockton-upon-Tees
Clergy
Vicar(s)	William Braviner
Laity
Director of music	George Barber
Churchwarden(s)	Jane Neal
Parish administrator	Sue Mines
Sacristan	Hazel Hill

St Peter's Church is a Church of England parish church in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. The church is a grade II* listed building.^[1]

History

In 1875, the parish was carved out of the parish of Holy Trinity Church, Stockton-on-Tees.^[2] The original church was built of wood and stone.^[2] The current church was built from 1880 to 1881, and is constructed from red brick with stone dressings.^[1] It was consecrated on 13 October 1881.^[2]

The church was designated a grade II* listed building on 19 January 1951.^[1]

Present day

St Peter's Church is combined with All Saints Church, Hartburn to form the benefice of Stockton St Peter in the Diocese of Durham.^[3]

St Peter's stands in the liberal catholic tradition of the Church of England.^[4]

Notable clergy

Mark Bonney, later Dean of Ely, served his curacy here.
Ken Good, later Archdeacon of Richmond, served his curacy here.^[5]
David Hawtin, later Bishop of Repton
Nigel Stock, later Bishop of Stockport, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, and Bishop at Lambeth, served his curacy here.

List of vicars

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2017)

1875 to 1905: Henry Wodeman^[2]
1959 to 1970: Wilfrid Widdas Tymms^[6]
1970 to 1977: Tony Dumper, later Bishop of Dudley
1977 to 1988: Stephen Pedley, later Bishop of Lancaster
1989 to 2000: Alexander Whitehead^[7]
2002 to 2015: Philip David Ashdown^[8]
from 2017: William Edward Braviner

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Historic England. "Church of St Peter (1139916)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "History". St. Peter's Church, Stockton-on-Tees. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^ "Hartburn: All Saints, Stockton-on-Tees". A Church Near You. Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^ "St Peter's Church, Stockton-On-Tees: Parish Profile" (pdf). Diocese of Durham. June 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^ "Kenneth Roy Good". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^ "Wilfrid Widdas Tymms". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^ "Matthew Alexander Whitehead". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^ "Philip David Ashdown". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 9 March 2017.