St Aiden’s Church and Crypt in Bamburgh

St Aiden’s Church and Crypt in Bamburgh

St Oswold, king of Northumbria, wanted to spread the new religion of Christianity across the country. He consulted the monastic society of Iona to aid him in this. The monks sent Saint Aiden to establish a monastery in Lindesfarne and a church in Bamburgh. A forked beam in the roof above the font is said to be the original from this timber church. Legend has it that St Aiden was leaning against it when he died in the 7th century! At the back of …