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

Submitted by Anne T on Monday, 02 July 2018  Page Views: 1817

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.213 km away from the location you searched for.

County: County Durham Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Barnard Castle  Nearest Village: Wycliffe
Map Ref: NZ1167314325
Latitude: 54.524081N  Longitude: 1.821165W
Condition:
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Anne T visited on 1st Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Hogback and Anglo Danish/Saxon cross fragments, Wycliffe, County Durham: This is a spectacular little village, down a narrow, dead end lane leading to the River Tees. It was difficult to park, as the lane to the church has a sign saying ‘private road’ (although a sign also says ‘to the church’), so we bumped up on the verge, as close to a stone wall as we dared, leaving just enough room for another car to pass (everywhere else said ‘private’ or ‘no parking’. Walking down the lane to the church, we approached from the north west, walking round to the south porch, which held a ‘welcome’ notice. A strange church – lovely, warm (but very worn) yellow sandstone, but no tower, just a couple of bells. The main hogback fragment is just to the west of the south door, inside the church, with another fragment immediately opposite, and more against the western wall. There is a really old Bishop’s chair against the north wall of the sanctuary, a Norman (11th century) font also against the north wall of the sanctuary and some really interesting 13th and 14th century glass. When I got a phone signal, we realised we’d not seen the hogback fragment in the exterior southern wall, and as we were passing on our way back, went back to spot this and also found a boundary marker at the entrance to the churchyard.

St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
St Mary's Church (Wycliffe) submitted by Anne T : Close up of the main face of the hog back sited to the west of the south door, inside the church. Recorded as AS Corpus Wycliffe 05, this hogback dates to the first half of the 10th century. The church guide says it is Danish and was dug up on the north side of the church, found at a depth of 4ft 6ins, in 1801. The Corpus says the panels contain the tops of interlace patterns, probably four-cord... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hogbacks and Ancient Cross Fragments in County Durham

St Mary's Church in Wyclffe used to be in North Yorkshire until a county boundary change brought it into County Durham. Sited on the south bank of the River Tees, this 13th/14th century church includes two hogback fragments and fragments of Anglo Saxon sculptured stone.

The church itself is recorded asPastscape Monument No. 1398602; the hogbacks and fragments are recorded as Pastscape Monument 21916 and Historic England List ID 1322763.

More information on the stones can be found in the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture (Wycliffe 01 to 10) - start at AS Corpus Wycliffe 01 (Yorkshire - North Riding Catalogue).

There is also some important and interesting 13th and 14th century stained glass, a Norman font dating to the 11th century and what looks like an Elizabethan oak Bishop's chair placed against the north wall in the sanctuary.
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St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
St Mary's Church (Wycliffe) submitted by Anne T : A close up of the top of Wycliffe 03, dating to the late eighth century. AS Corpus describes it as: 'Two volutes of an interlaced medallion-scroll which seems to spring from a double root, although that section is so worn that it is difficult to distinguish details. The centre of the volutes is filled with pendant leaves and flowers, and where the double crossing strands intersect to form a new v... (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
St Mary's Church (Wycliffe) submitted by Anne T : This fragment is sited almost opposite the south door, inside the church, standing on top of a piece of hardboard. Part of a cross shaft, it is recorded as AS Corpus Wycliffe 03, and dates to the late 8th century. This is a photograph of the narrow face, described as 'difficult to see' because of partial cement covering, the interlace strands are median incised. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
St Mary's Church (Wycliffe) submitted by Anne T : This is a very badly worn piece of hogback, very badly deteriorated even from the most recent photograph of it on the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture, where it is recorded as Wycliffe 07. Largely hidden near the buttress between the nave and the chancel in the exterior south wall, just over 1m from ground level, it dates to the first half of the 10th century. Without having the description... (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
St Mary's Church (Wycliffe) submitted by Anne T : These are fragments AS Corpus Wycliffe 08 (left) and Wycliffe 09. Dating to the early 9th century, Wycliffe 08 is described as 'an incomplete architectural fragment … In the centre is a panel of four-cord interlace ... with median-incised strands forming Carrick bends; on one side this is edged by a deep roll and cable moulding, and on the other by large pellets. All of the ornament is deeply c... (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
St Mary's Church (Wycliffe) submitted by Anne T : This is AS Corpus Wycliffe 09, part of an architectural fragment dating to the early ninth century. It was found outside the church in 1999, and now lies against the bottom of the western wall in the church. The Corpus says the carving and elements of the interlace and pellets are identical to Wycliffe 08. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
St Mary's Church (Wycliffe) submitted by Anne T : This is a close up of the top, broad side of AS Corpus Wycliffe 04, the upper part of a cross shaft dating to the tenth century. The Corpus describes this side as having: 'wo linked double ring knots with a bar terminal at the top. The division between the shaft and the head is marked by a horizontal moulding which passes through two rings at the arris. There is not enough surviving interlace fro...

St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
St Mary's Church (Wycliffe) submitted by Anne T : This is the side view of AS Corpus Wycliffe 04, the upper part of a cross shaft dating to the tenth century. The Corpus describes this side as being 'The edge of the head is plain. Below, the flat mouldings enclose a simple pattern in which two straight strands are punctuated by three single ring-knots, separated by glides'.

St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
St Mary's Church (Wycliffe) submitted by Anne T : Close up of the worn western end of the hog back sited to the west of the south door, inside the church. Recorded as AS Corpus Wycliffe 05, this hogback dates to the first half of the 10th century. The church guide says it is Danish and was dug up on the north side of the church, found at a depth of 4ft 6ins, in 1801. The Corpus says the 'gable end is triangular in section and plain within the r...

St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
St Mary's Church (Wycliffe) submitted by Anne T : Close up of the head of the beast at the western end of this hogback, on sited to the west of the south door, inside the church. Recorded as AS Corpus Wycliffe 05, this hogback dates to the first half of the 10th century. The church guide says it is Danish and was dug up on the north side of the church, found at a depth of 4ft 6ins, in 1801. The Corpus says the 'end beast is stylised, with a sma...

St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
St Mary's Church (Wycliffe) submitted by Anne T : The roll moulding on the ridge of the hog back sited to the west of the south door, inside the church. Recorded as AS Corpus Wycliffe 05, this hogback dates to the first half of the 10th century. The church guide says it is Danish and was dug up on the north side of the church, found at a depth of 4ft 6ins, in 1801.

St Mary's Church (Wycliffe)
St Mary's Church (Wycliffe) submitted by Anne T : Nothing is mentioned of these crests or the old grave marker embedded next to each other in the external southern wall of the nave. The grave marker is unusual because of the lettering still highly visible on it.

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