St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England
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5283 x 4016 px | 44.7 x 34 cm | 17.6 x 13.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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According to Bede, St Aidan built a wooden church outside the castle wall, on the site of the current church, in AD 635, and he died here in AD 652; (a wooden beam preserved inside the church is traditionally said to be the one on which he rested as he died). The present church dates from the late 12th century (though some pre-conquest stonework survives in the north aisle). The chancel, said to be the second longest in the country (60 ft), was added in 1230; it contains an 1895 reredos in Caen stone by W.S. Hicks, depicting northern saints of the 7th and 8th centuries.The older, eastern section of the church, has Saxon-style timber roof structure.