Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: There has been a church on the site for over 1300 years since Etheldreda , Queen of Northumbria made a grant of lands to Wilfrid , Bishop of York c. 674 .
Simplified: There has been a church on this site for over 1300 years since Etheldreda , Queen of Northumbria , made a grant of lands c. 674 .