The University of Sunderland is holding the next edition of its FREE Community Lecture Series next week (July 15), looking at the four Saxon churches of the North East.
Four Saxon Churches of the North East is a talk by Mrs Maureen Martin, a Senior Steward and Guide at Durham Cathedral. It will focus on St John the Evangelist at Escomb, St Mary at Seaham, St Peter’s at Sunderland, and Saint Paul’s at Jarrow.
England does not have many surviving Anglo-Saxon buildings because the period was often punctured by warfare and invasions, where settlements were plundered, burned and destroyed, and buildings were not made to last.
The only buildings from that period that were built more permanently were monasteries and churches, and the North East boasts some of the finest examples of Saxon architecture in the whole of the country.
The University of Sunderland’s Community Lectures, now in their 20th year, are FREE and open to all. Each entertaining lecture is given by authoritative speakers at the award winning Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St. Peter’s.
Lectures start at 2:30pm and last approximately one hour. There is no need to book but those attending are asked to arrive at the Prospect Building between 2pm and 2:30pm to register before the lecture begins.
There is (pay) parking in the grounds of the campus and St Peter’s Metro Station is within a few minutes walking distance. Alternatively the regular 700 bus service runs from Park Lane Bus Station to St. Peter’s Campus itself.
For more information about the 2015 Community Lectures Series contact Leigh Johnson on (0191) 515 3169, or email events@sunderland.ac.uk
2015 Community Lectures Series
July 15 – Mrs Maureen Martin – Four Saxon churches of the North East
August 12 – Sharon Vincent – The Mitford Sisters
September 9 – Dr Robert McManners – Shafts of Light