| Chronology | English History | Christian History | |
| 410 | Romans Leave Britain | ||
| 563 | St. Columbia Establishes church on Iona | ||
| Saxon 600-1100 |
600-800 | Danes/Northmen ravage the East Coast circa 700 | Wattle & Daub Churches are built and are often destroyed by Scandinavian invaders |
| 664 | Escomb church built | Synod of Whitby - Roman Catholic church accepted over Celtic | |
| 674 | King Egfrith gives 15 sq. miles of land to Biscop for Monastery, which becomes the centre of learning in England | Venerable Bede Scholar based at St Peters Monkwearmouth / St Pauls - St Peters built in 674, St Pauls in Jarrow - 681 | |
| 925-939 | King Athelstan grandson of Alfred | Dalton included in a gift of land given to Bishop Wigred by King Athelstan (930) | |
| 1042-1066 | Edward the Confessor builds Westminster Abbey | Westminster Abbey consecrated 1065 | |
| 1066 | William the Conqueror invades England and Harold II is killed | William was blessed by Pope Alexander II before the invasion | |
| 1070 | Peel Tower built at Dalton for defence against Scots | St Peters is destroyed by Scots - monks move to Durham for safety | |
| Norman 1100 - 1200 |
1093-1133 | Durham Cathedral built | Replaced St Cuthberts church - Saxon |
| 1150 - 1175 | Dalden church built | ||
| 1155 | Prior Absalon & Helias Escolland, Lord of Dalden define the boundaries of Dalton-le-dale | William , Priest of Dalton is mentioned | |
| 1157 | First written reference to a church in Dalton. | ||
| Gothic 1200-1535 |
1216 | Villagers rent farmland from church | Bishop Richard de Marisco gave Dalton & its church to Prior & Convent of Durham |
| 1337 | Village was wasted & depopulated following Scottish War. | ||
| 1350 | 12 Deaths from the Great Plague | Sir William Bowes fights for the Black Prince in 1356 and dies 1420 | |
| 1400 | An Archer from Dalton-le-dale is sent to the Kings Army (Henry IV) | The Vicarage is built on land east of the church in 1370 | |
| 1631 | King Charles I dissolves Parliament and personally rules England | The North tenor bell installed at St Andrews with memorial in church - inset into south wall - initials of church officials? |