St Nicholas Church, Durham

Who we are

• What we believe
• Mission statement
• History
• Incumbents
• Church guide
  • First impressions
  • The rebuilding of 1858
  • The Fish window
  • The Holy Table
  • The lectern
  • The Cross
  • Rumours of life
  • The church registers
  • The fonts
  • The pillars
  • The stained glass windows
  • The quiet chapel
  • The screens
  • The Holy Table in the chapel
  • The chapel organ
  • The Gateway World Shop
  • The statue of St Nicholas
  • What is a Church?
• Staff team
• PCC
• Interns

The Holy Table in the Chapel

The inscription links the 1858 church with those which went before it.

THIS TABLE
Made from oak formerly used
in the Belfry of this Church
was given to the service of Almighty God
in grateful memory of George Townsend Fox
by his nephew and successor
H. E. Fox
AD 1889

H E is Henry Elliott Fox later (1896) to be General Secretary of the Church Missionary Society.