SEAHAM, a parish in the northern division of
EASINGTON ward, county palatine of DURHAM, comprising
the townships of Seaham, and Seaton with
Slingley, and containing 198 inhabitants, of which
number, 103 are in the township of Seaham, 4 miles
(S. by E.) from Sunderland. The living is a vicarage,
in tho archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, rated in
the king's books at £5. 0. 5., and in the patronage
of A. J. C. Baker, Esq. The chxirch, dedicated to St.
Mary, is a small plain structure, principally in the Norman
style.