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Early MedievalSite Name: Norham Cross Alternative Name: Norham Village CrossCountry: England County: Northumberland Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Berwick / Coldstream Nearest Village: Norham
Map Ref: NT8992447329
Latitude: 55.719277N Longitude: 2.161958W
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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Anne T visited on 6th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Norham Village Cross: (Before looking at this cross, we stopped off to look at the Victorian Jubilee Fountain just over the border in Scotland, which still has its original pump handle, although this doesn't work). We passed this cross several times today, but with it being immediately next to the children’s playground, there were children sitting on its lower steps, and propping their bicycles against it. When we passed by on the way back from seeing the holy wells at Upsettlington, there was fortunately no children around it, so we stopped to take photographs, much to the amusement of two ladies passing by who stopped to watch. It was nice to see the cross still very much part of village life today.
Whilst the top part of this cross looks Victorian/relatively recent, the steps look much, much older and are very worn.
This village cross is still very much the centre of village life in Norham today, with the children's playground immediately next door, and we needed to wait until mums and children had gone for tea before we could get any photographs of it without people sitting around its base (nice to see it so much a part of the community still).
Recorded as Historic England List ID 1154830 and Pastscape Monument No. 1331, which tells us this cross has a medieval base comprising six high, circular steps and a Victorian stone cross 6ft 6ins high, which was restored in 1877 and a weather vane added on top. The Victorian cross is made up of clustered columns with a tall, elongated pyramidal top. It is grade II listed.
Vistors interested in castle may also like to see the largely 12th century Norham Castle at NT 90570 47562, which is in the care of English Heritage and free to go into between 10am and 5pm, April to September each year.
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