Possibly built by St Wilfrid jn the late 7thC
Stonework:
Stone from Hadrian’s wall
Late-8thC porch and walls, 10/11thC tower (Taylor and Taylor, Anglo-Saxon Architecture, vol. I, pp. 72-6)
11thC sculpture (finial crossCross Instrument of torture and execution used in the Roman Empire. The means by which Christ was put to death and therefore the primary symbol of the Christian faith, representing the means by which he is believed to have won forgiveness for humankind. The Cross may be represented as Tau-shaped (like a capital T); with a shorter cross-bar or with a circle enclosing the upper intersection (Celtic). In medieval art a cross made of living branches signifies the Tree of Life. St Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, is said to have discovered the True Cross (i.e. the Cross in Jerusalem on which Christ died) in 326.)
11thC sculpture (name inscription)