The
Grade-I listed Church of St Cuthbert (13th century, substantially reconstructed in the early 17th century) is described as "almost unique in England" owing to its stone
barrel vault, which runs the length of the nave and extends into the south transept. Three miracles in Bellingham connected with the mediaeval cult of St
Cuthbert are recorded in the twelfth-century
Libellus of
Reginald of Durham. Within the churchyard on the north side is "The Lang Pack", purportedly the grave of a burglar who attempted to infiltrate a local house by hiding in a beggar's pack, but was discovered after he suffered an ill-timed coughing fit, and was promptly run through with the sword of the house's proprietor. Adjacent to the church is
St Cuthbert's Well, known locally as "Cuddy's Well", an ancient
holy well. The well is in the middle of a grassy path leading down to the river, on the other side of the churchyard wall. From 1735 the parish rectors at Bellingham were under the patronage of the Governors of
Greenwich Hospital. The Governors stipulated that the rectors were to be graduates of Oxford or Cambridge, and naval chaplains. Bellingham Rectory was one of six such rectories in the Simonburn area, the others being
Falstone,
Greystead,
Thorneyburn,
Wark on Tyne and
Simonburn. == Landmarks ==