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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Woodhorn Cross Alternative Name: St Mary's Church (Woodhorn); Woodhorn Church MuseumCountry: England
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County: Northumberland Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Ashington Nearest Village: Woodhorn / Newbeggin by the Sea
Map Ref: NZ3014288845
Latitude: 55.192965N Longitude: 1.528078W
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Anne T visited on 16th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Woodhorn Church Museum: This church is now deconsecrated and is a museum. It is only open on Bank Holidays and Heritage Days, such as ‘Doors Open Days’. We arrived just before 1pm and they had just arrived to open the church up.
The Woodhorn Cross was easy to find, but asking where the other Norman stones recorded on a notice by the cross, plus the other stones featured on the Corpus, the Friends of the Church who were helping out told us they didn’t know where they were located, but gave us a leaflet about the church.
We found other fragments incorporated into the fabric of the building, plus others under a table at the north side of the sanctuary, plus others under the altar! AS Corpus Woodhorn 02 and 03 appear to be in the main museum nearby.
Barry Mead, Community Heritage Officer for Wansbeck District Council, has written "A Brief History of the Church and Graveyard" for St. Mary's Church, Woodhorn. This tells us "Woodhorn Church is said to be one of the oldest on the Northumbrian coast, dating back at least 1200 years. However, the earliest evidence which can be dated with some certainty belongs to the early 11th century, in the form of 2 late Saxon windows within the church itself." More information can be found on Pastscape Monument No. 527372 and Historic England List ID 1304471, which both date the nave to pre-Conquest, the north aisle to early 12th century and the south aisle to mid-12th century.
The church today is now deconsecrated and is used as an exhibition space and museum. It is only open on Heritage Days (such as Doors Open Days) and Bank Holidays - please check before visiting.
The Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture records a total of four fragments, commencing with Woodhorn 01 (the Woodhorn Cross). This is an incomplete cross shaft in two fragments and an incomplete cross head, dating to the mid-tenth to mid-eleventh century. The Corpus tells us "for some years fragments b and c (the cross shaft) preserved on a screen dividing nave from tower; a (cross-head) built into inside wall of porch until 1976).
When we visited, we were only able to find AS Corpus Woodhorn 01 and 04, the latter of which was hidden under a table at the northern side of the sanctuary. The Friends of St Mary's helping out on the day did not know where the other fragments were currently located, although we understand they may be in Woodhorn Museum and Archive nearby.
There are a number of other architectural fragments built into the fabric of the building which are really interesting.
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