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Collierley Chapel is a small medieval chapel located in County Durham, England. The structure dates from the medieval period and represents a rural place of worship serving the local community during this era. The chapel survives as a modest stone-built structure, characteristic of minor ecclesiastical buildings constructed in northern England. As a listed ancient monument, it forms part of the archaeological and architectural heritage record of the region, documenting the extent of medieval religious provision in rural Durham.
Collierley Chapel is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002332. View the official record →
Collierley Chapel is a small medieval chapel located in County Durham, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002332.
Collierley Chapel is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002332.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bantling Castle Lime Kilns (2.7 km), Derwentcote steel cementation furnace, iron finery forge and drift coal mine (3 km), Friarside Chapel (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Collierley Chapel's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Collierley Chapel stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.