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Submitted by TimPrevett on Sunday, 20 May 2007  Page Views: 7769

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: All Saints (Otley)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.442 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Otley
Map Ref: SE20154536
Latitude: 53.904015N  Longitude: 1.694798W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
4 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
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Anne T visited on 25th Mar 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Anglo Saxon Crosses, All Saints, Otley: Having been to Leeds in the morning, we decided to make the rest of the day one of exploration (the first one for a long time!), so made our way back to the north-east via Otley, Weston and Weston Moor. Coming down into Otley from the A660 from Leeds, All Saints is clearly visible in the town centre. We managed to park right outside the church on Burras Lane. Whilst the crosses are well worth seeing, the display of crosses in the church is a little disappointing - on the day we visited they were surrounded by stacked chairs, music stands, speakers and other things, making them seem unimportant. Right next to the impressive tomb, there are good display boards describing what you are looking at (although no guide book that we could find). In the churchyard, we found what looked like part of another Anglo Saxon cross shaft in the north-west corner, piled with other architectural pieces. There is an amazing old yew tree with branches touching the ground in places. Nice coffee shops in the vicinity.

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All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon : Remains of crosses in Otley parish church (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cross in Yorkshire (West)

Three Saxon Cross Shafts in All Saints', Otley.
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All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon : remains of crosses (Vote or comment on this photo)

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon (Vote or comment on this photo)

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon (5 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon (Vote or comment on this photo)

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon : crosses remains of (Vote or comment on this photo)

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon : this one was outside the church

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon : and we found another one outside

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon : remains of crosses

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by Anne T : We were told this was also part of an Anglo Saxon cross shaft, stored with other architectural pieces in the exterior north west corner of the church.

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by Anne T : The collection of Anglo Saxon cross pieces inside All Saints, Otley, next to the Fairfax tomb. There are some good display panels which explain what you are seeing.

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by Anne T : One face of The Dragon Cross inside All Saints, Otley

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by Anne T : Photo of one side of The Angel Cross inside All Saints, Otley

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon : remains of crosses

All Saints (Otley)
All Saints (Otley) submitted by rldixon

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Re: All Saints (Otley) by rogerkread on Thursday, 13 October 2016
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All Saints has recently been 'tarted up' inside - pews removed, walls whitewashed etc so it looks a lot less interesting than it did, but on the other hand it can now be used as a venue for the Otley Folk Festival (interesting acoustics), so not all bad then.
Currently (September 2016) the cross fragments are located in a (modern) upstairs room at the West end of the church whilst the powers that be decide what to do with them. Access is allowed but you would have to ask a churchwarden.
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