However, Nigel & Mary Kerr in their work 'A Guide to Anglo-Saxon Sites' published by Paladin (Granada Publishing), 1982, tell us: "A Christian church has stood on this site for at least 1,300 years. Excavations of the site have revealed traces of an early Christian cemetery to the east of the church. A monastery was founded here in around 675 by King Aethelbert, son of the pagan Penda. The Anglo Saxon buildings have largely disappeared, though it is possible that the nave walls are original..... This suggests that the nave walls are therefore of 8th Century date and formed part of the early plan....Some illustrations of the 8th Century frieze-work are included here, but it is impossible to do justice to its diversity".
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