St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street The parish church of St Mary and St Cuthbert is a Church of England church in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. The site has been used for worship for over 1100 years; elements of the current building are over 950 years old. The oldest surviving translation of the Gospels into English was done here, by Aldred between 947 and 968, at a time when it served as the centre of Christianity from Lothian to Teesside. The church was established to house the body of Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne from 684 to 687. After
Theoderich van Are the clergy. He was succeeded by his first son Lotharius. His second son, Gerhard, was from 1124 till 1169 provost of St. Cassius in Bonn (Bonn Minster), and from 1154 till 1160 provost of the St. Servatius in Maastricht. Theoderich van Are Theoderich of Are (German: Dietrich von Are, Dutch: Dirk van Are; 1087–1126) was the first count of Are (Germany). Theoderich was a nephew of bishop Odo of Toul, who in 1065 bestowed on him Heerlen and Steinfeld Abbey. He was made count of Are (the area around Ahrweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate) by Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. Theoderich probably