The current Bamburgh church is on the site of an original wooden church founded by St AidanAidan, St (d. 651) Monk of Iona, missionary to Northumbria and Bishop of Lindisfarne. in c.635, and until the 19th century was the only church in the country dedicated to him. According to the Venerable BedeBede, the Venerable (c.673-735) Anglo-Saxon historian and biblical scholar. Sent to study at the monastery of Wearmouth at seven; later transferred to Jarrow. Renowned in his lifetime for his learning, Bede wrote treatises on poetry, time and cosmography. Historical works include History of the Abbots, prose and verse versions of the Life of St Cuthbert and Ecclesiastical History of the English People., St Aidan had a small residence by the church where he would often stay, and used Bamburgh as a base for spreading Christianity in the north-east. In 651 during St Aidan’s final illness he lived in a tent against the west wall of the church, and died leaning against one of the buttresses. The current stone church dates from the 12th century, although some of the wooden roof beams are claimed to be earlier.
References: Bede, The Ecclesiastical HistoryEcclesiastical History Full title: Ecclesiastical History of the English People. The best known work of the Venerable Bede (c.673-735), a five-book account written in Latin which covers the period from the Roman invasion of Britain to 731CE. It was later translated into Old English of the English People, 3:17.