Lucky object
Bede's Chair
Not actually Bede's.
See it clearly
- What's there
- Anglo-Saxon church
- Legend from
- South Tyneside
- Tone
- Whimsical
Sit, wish, wait.
An old oak chair at St Paul's is called Bede's Chair, though carbon dating places it in the 14th century. Local legend says newly married brides who sit in it soon fall pregnant; another version says anyone who sits in it is granted three wishes.