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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Peter's Church (Bishopton) - Ancient Cross in England in County Durham

Submitted by Anne T on Monday, 16 October 2017  Page Views: 1666

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Peter''s Church (Bishopton)
Country: England County: County Durham Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Darlington  Nearest Village: Bishopton
Map Ref: NZ3649721242
Latitude: 54.585066N  Longitude: 1.436795W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
5

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Anne T visited on 15th Oct 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Medieval Cross in St. Peter's Churchyard, Bishopton: Driving into Bishopton, I realised looking at the cottages and houses that this was a very old village, and had it not been for all the parked cars, it would have been very picturesque. The church was locked so we couldn’t go in, but the remains of this cross was visible near the edge of the churchyard. It was easier to photograph it from the road, looking over the wall. I didn’t photograph the replacement village cross, in the very small village green, near the wall memorial, as I thought it was modern, and we didn’t stop after looking at the earthworks nearby.

St Peter's Church (Bishopton)
St Peter's Church (Bishopton) submitted by Anne T : Standing next to the churchyard wall which runs along High Street, looking over the wall to the cross base, socket stone and remains of the shaft. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cross Base, Socket Stone & Remains of Cross Shaft in County Durham

The remains of this medieval village cross in the churchyard in the village of Bishopton once stood on the nearby village green. It is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 25802, which tells us that 'the monument was moved to its present location in 1883'.

Pastscape adds: "The monument, which is situated 13 metres to the southwest of the west entrance of the church, includes a base, socket stone and shaft. The base has two steps visible above the surrounding ground level. The lower step is at ground level and is two metres square. The socket stone is 0.75 metres square at its base and 0.45 metres high. the form of the socket stone is divided into three equal parts in its height. The bottom third is square, the middle third is chamfer, and the top third is a square with 0.6 metre sides and chamfered corners. The shaft is original, fitting tightly into the 0.26 metre square central socket. It is 0.23 metres high."

This monument is not scheduled, although it was assessed in 1998. A relatively modern replica of the cross stands at approx. NZ 36464 21276.
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St Peter's Church (Bishopton)
St Peter's Church (Bishopton) submitted by Anne T : Standing almost next to the edge of the churchyard wall which runs along High Street, just to the south east of the cross base. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Peter's Church (Bishopton)
St Peter's Church (Bishopton) submitted by Anne T : First view of this cross base, socket stone and shaft located 13 metres south east of the west entrance of St Peter's, in the churchyard almost next to the wall along High Street. Photographed standing between the cross base and the church. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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