| Summary : Augustinian priory church on the site of an Early Medieval church and cell of St Aidan. An Augustinian priory was founded in 1121as a cell of Nostell Abbey, and remained a possession of Nostell, gaining priory status in 1228. It was dissolved in 1537. Only the church survives of the priory buildings, and it probably stands on the site of a wooden one in existence at the time of St Aidan, and probably destroyed in circa 875 by the Danes. A conventual choir with crypt was built for the use of the monks, but the rest of the church remained parochial. The church was rebuilt in the 12th century, altered in the 13th and 14th centuries, and restored in the 19th centuries. West tower, nave, aisles, transepts and chancel. |
More information : (NU17843497) St. Aidan's Church (T.U.). (1)
A cell of Augustinian Cannons was established at Bamburgh about 1121, and it appears to have been conventual for a prior after 1228. It was dissolved in 1537. (2)
Apart from the Church, the only possible remains of the monastic buildings are some cow byres beyond Bamburgh Hall which are built of medieval masonry. The church probably stands on the site of a wooden one in existence at the time of Aidan. (3)
The church is in normal use. NU17953493. The South wall of the former cow byre, though of earlier construction than the remainder of the building, contains no architectural features to suggest a medieval date. (4)
Church of St Aidan. Parish church, 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. Restored in the 19th century. Grade 1. (5) |