Within one of Evan Martins books he describes the Hartford Road / Plessey as the pilgrims route between Jarrow and Lindisfarne. Further evidence maybe of our town being important in the Golden Age of Nortbumbria. Who gave that date of the church as sometime in the 600 AD years? Natural amphitheatre, navigable river, raised ground level at Nedderton and Bedlington, what more could any King or Holy Person want!