In c.627 St PaulinusPaulinus, St Bishop of York 627-644. Sent to England with Saint Augustine. Accompanied Queen Ethelburga north on her marriage to King Edwin of Northumbria. Converted King Edwin and the Northumbrians in 627 and founded the first York Minster. baptized people in the River Swale in Catterick on his missionMission 1. A group of people sent out to share religious faith. 2. The task of sharing faith. to spread Christianity to the north of England, although he did not found a church there. A church probably existed by the 8th century as there were royal weddings at Catterick in 762 and 792, showing it was a place of some regional importance. The current church dates from the early 15th century but a small piece of 9th-century carved stone was re-used in the building, and other pieces of crosses from the 9th or 10th century have been found.
References: 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., 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, 2:14