St. Lawrence Churchyard in Warkworth, Northumberland

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Coordinates: 55.34510, -1.61120
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St. Lawrence church, situated near the river, is unique in Northumberland in being a large and almost completely Norman building. There has been a church on this site for around 1,200 years. The first record dates from 737AD when King Ceolwulf of Northumbria gave the church and village to the Abbot and monks of Lindisfarne. The church was the scene of a terrible massacre in 1174, when some 300 of the townsfolk, seeking refuge there from Scottish raiders, were brutally put to the sword and butchered by Duncan, Earl of Fife.
In 1715 the church was seized by forces loyal to the Old Pretender and prayers were offered for him as King James III by the Rebel's chaplain, afterwards the pretender was proclaimed King at the Market Cross.