St Andrew's Church, Hartburn. Photo Northumberland County Council, 1990.

(NZ 0901 8601) Church. (1)

St Andrew's Church, late 12th to early 13th century. (2)

In normal use. (3)

Church of St Andrew. Grade I.
Pre-Conquest core with tower and chancel rebuilt c.1200; aisle added and chancel extended in early 13th century; minor late medieval alterations; restoration 1843 and 1890. (4)

When the vestry was repaired of dry rot in 1966, a line of skeletons was found buried just beneath the floor. They were dated between 966 and 1166 AD and had been found within the walls of the church tower but at a level 9 inches above the nave floor. It is suggested there may have been an early, freestanding tower here. (5)

Church contains a series of war memorials including:
* a bronze shield-shaped wall-mounted plaque inscribed "IN MEMORY OF COLONEL SIR HENRY BRADFORD / KGB OF THE 1ST REGIMENT OF GUARDS WHO WAS / ENGAGED IN MOST OF THE BATTLES AND SIEGES / DURING THE WARS IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, FRANCE / AND THE NETHERLANDS FROM 1807 TO 1815 / AND DIED FROM THE EFFECTS OF A WOUND / RECEIVED AT THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO / DEC. 17 1816 AGED 35 YEARS. / HIS REMAINS LIE IN STORRINGTON / CHURCHYARD, SUSSEX".
* a stained glass window inscribed "IN MEMORY OF HORACE CUST, CAPTN COLDSTREAM GUARDS KILLED AT THE ALMA. HOWARD GOAD, CAPTN 13TH LIGHT DRAGOONS KILLED AT THE CHARGE OF BALAKLAVA, AND EDD. H PEKENHAM LT. COL. GRENADIER GUARDS KILLED AT INKERMAN IN 1854".
* a white marble wall-mounted tablet inscribed "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLOUGHBY THORNTON WRIGLEY, M.C. / CAPTAIN 5TH WILTS. REGT. / ELDEST SON OF THE VICAR OF THIS PARISH / REV. DAN WRIGLEY AND MATILDA FLORENCE / HIS WIFE. / HE SERVED THROUGH THE GREAT WAR / IN GALLIPOLI AND MESOPOTAMIA / 1914-1918 / AND SUBSEQUENTLY AS POLITICAL OFFICER / AT DELTAWA, DELI ABBAS AND MENDALI. / HE WAS KILLED BY REBELS AT SHAHRABAN IRAK / AUGUST 15TH 1920 AGED 25 YEARS. / PRO DEO. PRO REGE. PRO PATRIA."
* a wall-mounted stone tablet inscribed "REMEMBER / THE LOVE / OF THEM / THAT / CAME NOT / HOME / FROM THE WAR".
* a plain stone wall-mounted tablet inscribed "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945. / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM".
* a roll of honour for World War 1. (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)

A series of evaluation trenches were undertaken by The Archaeological Practice Ltd during February and March 2012 within the interior of the Church of Saint Andrew at Hartburn. These were carried out across much of the interior in advance of the installation of a heating system. Nine areas were monitored. These revealed substantial quantities of disarticulated human remains, wall footings, the footings for a column bases in the nave and north aisle, and a stone sarcophagus in the east end of the north aisle.
Parts of the church have been recorded as building recording work carried out by The Archaeological Practice Ltd during 2011 and 2012. These areas include the;
- internal face of the west wall of the north aisle - in the area previously occupied by the church organ - which revealed roughly-coursed stonework which is not quite level, with irregular coursing further up including a small ogee window, with short lengths of straight joint and the scar of a previous roof-line;
- the internal face of the western bay of the north wall of the aisle - revealing coursed roughly-squared stone with a possible blocked doorway indicated by a distinct joint and disturbed fabric with socket and a two-light window clearly interested into the older fabric;
- the external face of the north wall of the nave - revealing earlier Pre-Conquest fabric in the eastern section to end a little west of the central pier of the arcade, re-used blocks and a roof-groove/socket of a previous aisle roof;
- the external face of the west wall of the north aisle - in the area previously covered by the boiler house revealing a two-part plinth.
In essesnce the building recorded that the north-west angle of the aisless nave is possibly of 12th century date, followed by a tower of around 1200 and the reconstruction of the west end of the nave and the addition of the nave in the mid-13th century date, possibly rebuilt at some later medieval date - perhaps in the 15th century? (12)

The monks of Tynemouth Priory held the church from 1076 and in the early 12th century built a fortified tower to protect the tithes. Originally freestanding, the church was extended to join it shortly after. The base of the tower had a vaulted ground-floor chamber, and the monks lived in the upper floor. The Templars inherited the church and between 1250-1312 largely rebuilt it, retaining the tower, although they built a new pele and vicarage 100 yards North of the church. (13a)

General association with NRHE UID 1162261 (Tynemouth Priory) (13)