St Wilfrid founded an abbeyAbbey 1. Community of monks or nuns under the rule of an abbot or abbess. This is the higher grade of monastery, as opposed to the lower priory. 2. Building which they occupy. here in NorthumbriaNorthumbria Northumbria was an early medieval Anglian kingdom in what is now Northern England and South Scotland. in 674 dedicated to St Andrew. After the Norman ConquestNorman Conquest The conquest of the English through the defeat of the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson by William Duke of Normandy at Hastings in October 1066 it was re-established as an Augustinian Priory. At the Dissolution of the MonasteriesDissolution of the Monasteries The legal process 1536-1541 of the closure of religious communities followed by the formal seizure of their lands and buildings in England, Wales and Ireland by order of King Henry VIII of England the church was retained as a parishParish Area with its own church, served by a priest who has the spiritual care of all those living within it. The system evolved gradually, reaching completion by the 13th century church. The cryptCrypt From the Greek kryptós meaning 'hidden' it formed the lower part of the church, where it was often used for burials. built by St Wilfrid survives