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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mary and St AlkeldaCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Middleham
Map Ref: SE1262887878
Latitude: 54.286380N Longitude: 1.807525W
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1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
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Anne T visited on 27th Apr 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Anglo Saxon Cross Fragment, Middleham: On the way to the holy well, we stopped off to look at the porch of St. Mary’s & St. Alkeld, but evensong was one, so we couldn't go inside but carried on westwards through the churchyard into the fields beyond to find St. Alkelda’s Well.
At home (29th April) reading through the entry from British Listed Buildings, I noted there was mention of a cross shaft fragment built into the floor of the nave. I looked up my photographs from 19th August 2013, when we’d had a holiday cottage not far away, at a time when we weren’t looking for Anglo Saxon cross fragments, and there was one photograph.
After a brief look around the exterior of the church, we carried on through the churchyard to find the site of St. Alkelda's Well.
The church of St. Mary and St. Alkelda is situated not far from both the market cross and the castle in the centre of this old market town. Middleham is perhaps best known for being the childhood home of Richard III, who was the ward of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick who was also known as 'The Kingmaker'.
The Middleham Online history page tells us "There has been a settlement here since Roman times and Middleham is mentioned in the Domesday Book when its name was `Medelai`."
The church is largely 14th and 15th century, having been elevated to a collegiate church in 1477 by Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) and his wife, Anne Neville. The church is listed, see British Listed Buildings Entry 101318544, which tells us: "in (the) nave floor part of Saxon cross-shaft with interlaced carving." In the porch, above the door into the church, is a very interesting carving from the 14th century of the crucifixion, together with stained glass which includes a scene of the martyrdom of St. Alkelda.
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