A church dedicated to St Michael & All Angels has stood on this site for over a thousand years.

The parish of Bishopwearmouth, south of the River Wear was founded in around 940AD, with an original stone church being built shortly afterwards.

The first evidence of a church on the site arose in a 1930s excavation when Saxon stones were found.

[3] Until May 2007 the team of ministers carried out traditional parish duties as well as serving the city by hosting services of remembrance, providing chaplaincies for the retail and industrial workforces in the city centre, as well as being used by the University chaplaincy.

It continues to play host to special services and worship events for the whole city, as it did for many years as Bishopwearmouth Parish Church.