Bamburgh, the church of St Aidan

This scan is from the front of a pamphlet from 1948 which talks about St Aidan's church in Bamburgh.

To quote:

" The Church of St Aidan is one of the largest ...and finest...in the county"

The pamphlet then talks about

The Tower...is ascended by a stone staircase around a square newel ( only other example of this being the Pele Tower at Welton).It rises 2 stages higher than the church...the 1st stage being used as a belfy and the 2nd for the peal of bells.

Then it covers the Nave and north aisle.

Then the transepts

It then discusses possible traces of the original Norman church and ends up with a description of the 13th century chancel.

More to come in future blogs on Bamburgh.