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Early MedievalSite Name: St Peter's Minster Church (Kirkgate)Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Leeds
Map Ref: SE30653330
Latitude: 53.795112N Longitude: 1.53619W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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histon visited on 28th Jun 2025 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 I leave it for the experts to discuss why the superb object is in a prominent position inside an Anglican Minster church.
Suffice it to say that a gasp is allowed on first viewing it!
More photos to come, closer views.
Pastscape Monument No. 52985 tells us that fragments of Anglo Saxon crosses were found when the old church was demolished in 1838. Some of these fragments came from the same cross and were pieced back together, although Pastscape notes "the wheel head probably came from a different cross". The fragments date to the 10th century. Some fragments remain in the church, the rest are now in the City Museum.
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for the Saxon Cross in St Peter’s Minster Church, Leeds, West Yorkshire, which includes a drawing and a photograph of the cross, a description, background information on the Anglian and Scandinavian workmanship shown on the cross, and a list of reference sources for more information.
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