Bywell

Title

Bywell

Dates

Founded 9th century; Premonstratensian from 12th/13th century

Dedication

Andrew

Affiliation

Blanchland

Medieval Diocese

Durham

History

A parish church dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Blanchland. It originally built in the 9th century, with substantial enlargements in the 13th century, and alterations in the 19th century.

Heads of Community

Rectors

William Karr, fl. 1419

Status

Parish church

Archival Sources

Durham, Palace Green Library

DCD 2.2.Spec.18 (1419)

Bibliography

Bailey, Richard N. “Bywell and Its Two Churches (NZ 048615).” The Archaeological Journal 133 (1976): 203–4.
Barrett, Nicholas. The Church of Bywell St Andrew, Northumberland. London: Redundant Churches Fund, 1975.
Gilbert, Edward. “New Views on Warden, Bywell and Heddon-on-the-Wall Churches.” Archaeologia Aeliana, Fourth Series, vol. 24 (1946): 157–76. https://doi.org/10.5284/1060089.
Holmes, R. E. Bywell and Its Twin Churches. Hexham: J. Catherall & Co., 1934.
The Parish Church of Bywell St. Andrew. Wallsend-on-Tyne: T.M. Grierson Ltd., 1979.

Image Credit

Church of Bywell St. Andrew, 2009. Wikimedia.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026

Files

Collection

Northern England

Citation

“Bywell,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/882.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Blanchland