BYWELL CHURCH OF ST PETER

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    "St Peter's Church is one of two churches in Bywell, both with Anglo-Saxon origins. It originally belonged to the Benedictine monastery of Durham and was the location of Bishop Egbert's consecration as 12th Bishop of Lindisfarne in AD803. The oldest parts of the church are the north wall of the nave and the western parts of the chancel walls. The present chancel was built at the beginning of C13, but the church is reported to have been burnt down in 1285. It was rebuilt in C14 and C15 and restored in C19. The Anglo-Saxon church is thought to have been a major building with a nave over 19m long. C13 tower is built on and partly within the original nave and overlies some Anglo-Saxon foundations...."
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    Gatehouse Gazetteer
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    Link: http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4071.html
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 7 years, 3 months ago
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