page_title: St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh
section_title: Memorials
hierarchical_section_title: St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh / Memorials
caption_attribution_description: English: Effigy of Grace Darling in St Aidan's Church This effigy was originally on the memorial in the churchyard but because it was eroded by the sea air it was relocated here and replaced on the memorial by one made from a more durable material.
context_page_description: St Aidan’s Church, Bamburgh is a Grade I listed Church of England building in the Diocese of Newcastle.
context_section_description: The church contains a 14th-century tomb recess with an effigy of a Knight.  There are wall monuments to: Sir Claudius Forster, 1st Baronet of 1623, the Forster family of 1711, the Sharpe memorial 1839 by Chantrey.
  The north aisle contains an effigy of local heroine Grace Darling dating from 1844 by Charles Raymond Smith. This formed part of the original Monument to Grace Darling in the churchyard but was later replaced due to deterioration of the stonework. The memorial is placed so that it can be seen by passing ships, and is by Anthony Salvin and Charles Raymond Smith, 1844.
  The churchyard contains one Commonwealth war grave, of an airman of World War II.
  A brass plaque to Arthur Lionel Smith.
  Memorial to Major General George Younghusband.
caption: Grace Darling memorial in the church of 1844 by Charles Raymond Smith
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