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<< Text Pages >> St Elgin's Church - Ancient Cross in England in Yorkshire (East)

Submitted by Sunny100 on Saturday, 16 July 2011  Page Views: 4749

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Elgin''s Church Alternative Name: St Elgin's Cross
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 5.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (East) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Driffield  Nearest Village: North Frodingham
Map Ref: TA090534
Latitude: 53.965200N  Longitude: 0.339987W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Ancient Cross in Yorkshire (East)

St Elgin's church is located at the far western side of the village by the B1249 road halfway between Skpsea and Driffield. The church houses an Anglo-Saxon cross-head. Nothing is known about St Elgin - the church was originally dedicated to St Helen.

In the church there is a millstone grit cross-head dating from the late Anglo-Saxon age 9th-11th century. It is described by J.Lang in his work 'Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Sculpture' iii.187-9, illus, as "the most decorated and stylish in east Yorkshire". The highly decorated cross-head and a shaft were dug up in the vicarage garden in 1909 and later brought into the church; the shaft was lost or stolen, perhaps being put in to use as a gatepost or something similar in the area.
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TA0853 : Church End, North Frodingham by Paul Harrop
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TA0853 : St Elgin's Church, North Frodingham by Ian S
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TA0853 : St Elgin's Church, Church end, Frodingham by Richard Rogerson
by Richard Rogerson
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TA0853 : St Elgins Church, North Frodingham by Stephen Horncastle
by Stephen Horncastle
©2005(licence)
TA0853 : St Elgin's Church, North Frodingham by Ian S
by Ian S
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Re: St Elgin's Church by Sunny100 on Saturday, 16 July 2011
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Sorry, the church of St Elgin is in the village of North Frodingham. Apologies.
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