When were the first churches built in England?
When were the first churches built in England? The oldest surviving parish church in England dates to about 590 AD (St Martin's in Canterbury). In the Saxon Christian era 3 distinct classes of churches were built; cathedral churches, collegiate churches, and local churches/private chapels built by individual Anglo-Saxon thegns (lords).
What is the oldest church in the world?
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia the Cenacle (the site of the Last Supper) in Jerusalem was the first Christian church. The Dura-Europos church in Syria is the oldest surviving church building in the world, while the archaeological remains of both the Aqaba Church and the Megiddo church have been considered to ...