St Mary the Virgin Church, Seaham
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St Mary the Virgin Church in Seaham is a historic Anglican parish church, noted as one of the oldest surviving churches in County Durham and valued for its early medieval architecture and coastal setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St Mary the Virgin Church, Seaham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8637658 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St Mary the Virgin Church, Seaham Context triple: [Seaham, hasLandmark, St Mary the Virgin Church, Seaham]
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A.
St Peter’s Church, Heysham
St Peter’s Church in Heysham is an ancient coastal parish church in Lancashire, England, renowned for its early medieval origins and scenic clifftop setting overlooking Morecambe Bay.
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B.
St Mary’s on the Harbour
St Mary’s on the Harbour is a historic waterfront church in Castletown on the Isle of Man, known for its picturesque setting overlooking the harbour.
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C.
St Mary’s Parish Church
St Mary’s Parish Church is a prominent Roman Catholic church in Birkirkara, Malta, known for its historic architecture and central role in the town’s religious life.
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D.
St Peter’s Church, Sheringham
St Peter’s Church, Sheringham is an Anglican parish church in the seaside town of Sheringham, Norfolk, known for serving as a prominent local place of worship and community gathering.
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E.
St Michael and All Angels Church, Aylsham
St Michael and All Angels Church, Aylsham is a historic Anglican parish church in the Norfolk market town of Aylsham, noted for its medieval architecture and prominent tower.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St Mary the Virgin Church, Seaham Target entity description: St Mary the Virgin Church in Seaham is a historic Anglican parish church, noted as one of the oldest surviving churches in County Durham and valued for its early medieval architecture and coastal setting.
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A.
St Peter’s Church, Heysham
St Peter’s Church in Heysham is an ancient coastal parish church in Lancashire, England, renowned for its early medieval origins and scenic clifftop setting overlooking Morecambe Bay.
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B.
St Mary’s on the Harbour
St Mary’s on the Harbour is a historic waterfront church in Castletown on the Isle of Man, known for its picturesque setting overlooking the harbour.
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C.
St Mary’s Parish Church
St Mary’s Parish Church is a prominent Roman Catholic church in Birkirkara, Malta, known for its historic architecture and central role in the town’s religious life.
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D.
St Peter’s Church, Sheringham
St Peter’s Church, Sheringham is an Anglican parish church in the seaside town of Sheringham, Norfolk, known for serving as a prominent local place of worship and community gathering.
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E.
St Michael and All Angels Church, Aylsham
St Michael and All Angels Church, Aylsham is a historic Anglican parish church in the Norfolk market town of Aylsham, noted for its medieval architecture and prominent tower.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican parish church
ⓘ
church building ⓘ listed building ⓘ |
| administrativeTerritory | Diocese of Durham ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Anglo-Saxon architecture
ⓘ
early medieval architecture ⓘ |
| completionCentury | 7th century ⓘ |
| constructionStartCentury | 7th century ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Saint Mary the Virgin
ⓘ
linked to:
Holy Mary
|
| denomination | Anglican ⓘ |
| governingBody | Parochial Church Council of Seaham ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | churchyard burials ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Anglo-Saxon chancel arch
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chancel ⓘ nave ⓘ small round-headed windows ⓘ small west bellcote ⓘ south porch ⓘ stone grave slabs ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance | important example of early medieval church architecture in northern England ⓘ |
| isOneOf | oldest surviving churches in County Durham ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Anglican liturgy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Durham
ⓘ
North East England ⓘ Seaham ⓘ |
| locatedNear | North Sea coast ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Anglo-Saxon fabric
ⓘ
age ⓘ coastal location ⓘ |
| province | Province of York ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| region |
County Durham coast
ⓘ
linked to:
Durham Coast
|
| religiousAffiliation | Church of England ⓘ |
| setting | coastal ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | churchyard ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Christian worship
ⓘ
baptisms ⓘ funerals ⓘ parish services ⓘ weddings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: St Mary the Virgin Church, Seaham Description of subject: St Mary the Virgin Church in Seaham is a historic Anglican parish church, noted as one of the oldest surviving churches in County Durham and valued for its early medieval architecture and coastal setting.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.