Mono Monday: "Heritage" - St Andrew's Church

This week's MM challenge is "Heritage", so I took myself into the centre of Newcastle for some photographs. I chose this one for today's blip.

St Andrew’s Church, a Grade 1 listed building, is the oldest church in Newcastle upon Tyne. It dates from the 12th Century, being first mentioned in the Chartulary of Tynemouth monastery, in the year 1218, but most of it is of 13th and 14th Century construction. Much repair work has been required over the centuries; interestingly in 1387 John, Bishop of Durham, granted an indulgence of forty days to those who would contribute anything to the reparation of St. Andrew's Church. Subsequently the church received so much damage during the siege of Newcastle in 1644, that no service was performed therein for a year afterwards as "a breach was made in the wall near to the church capable of admitting ten men abreast." In 1652, the church was repaired by an assessment upon the houses and lands in the parish: but the parishioners, in 1678, petitioned the common council to assist them in the necessary reparations. So the raising of funds to repair churches isn’t a new phenomenon!

The church is still in full use today.

Many thanks to Nickimags888 for hosting Mono-Monday so well this month :-)