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Medieval (High and Late)Site Name: Whissonsett wheel-head cross
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 4.061 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Norfolk Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Village: Whissonsett
Map Ref: TF91922334
Latitude: 52.773531N Longitude: 0.843691E
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TipsyTwitcher visited on 12th Nov 2024 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5

**Whissonsett wheel-head cross** submitted by TipsyTwitcher : Wheel head cross in Whissonsett church (Vote or comment on this photo)

Within St. Mary's church is the only complete top of a late Saxon wheel-head cross found thus far in Norfolk. It sits in a niche in the nave wall, on the south side of the chancel arch, and has been dated stylistically to the early 11th century. Part of the shaft has survived with it, 27cm wide, while the head is 43cm across. The overall height is 62cm, but was a little taller when first found. A broken bottom edge was chiselled off flat so that it could be displayed upright.

It was discovered in 1900 on the north side of the churchyard when a grave was being dug, although it was several years before it was examined by experts. Made of Barnack limestone, it's said to be of rather crude design, with a fairly simple interlace pattern carved onto both faces. It seems likely to have been a grave-marker not much more than a metre high, on a simple block base.

Further details of this and more than 300 other Norfolk crosses can be found in A Survey of Medieval (and earlier) Freestanding Crosses in Norfolk now live on Willowman's website Hidden East Anglia. A version of the whole Survey is also available as a free pdf download.

Note: Further details of this and more than 300 other Norfolk crosses can be found in 'A Survey of Medieval (and earlier) Freestanding Crosses in Norfolk the website Hidden East Anglia
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TF9123 : St Mary's church, Whissonsett by Evelyn Simak — by Evelyn Simak
©2009(licence)

TF9123 : St Mary, Whissonsett, Norfolk - Window by John Salmon — by John Salmon
©2007(licence)

TF9123 : Whissonsett St Mary's church by Adrian S Pye — by Adrian S Pye
©2011(licence)

TF9123 : St Mary's, Whissonsett by G Laird — by G Laird
©2017(licence)

TF9123 : Whissonsett: parish church of St. Mary by Chris Downer — by Chris Downer
©2011(licence)

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