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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Andrew, Kildwick, West Yorkshire Alternative Name: St Andrew's Church Cross, The Kildwick Cross,Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.161 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Skipton Nearest Village: Kildwick
Map Ref: SE0114445893
Latitude: 53.909192N Longitude: 1.984072W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
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 |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Ancient Cross in Yorkshire (West)
Collection of Anglian/Danish cross fragments in St Andrew's church, at the south side, near the choir vestry. They are thought to date from the 10th C AD and may be part of a Saxon preaching cross that stood on the site of the first church about 950 AD.
The carved decoration consists of single and double interlacing scrolls. One fragment shows a man, perhaps Christ, holding an L shaped object, perhaps a representation of Christ in Resurrection, while another fragment faintly shows a man with his arm upheld and a beast on each side, possibly representing Christ as the Good Shepherd, according to Alec Wood in his 'History and Description of the Parish Church of St Andrew, Kildwick-in-Craven' (Church Guide), 1996.
For more information about the church see 'About St Andrew's Church, Kildwick', Historic England List ID 1132175 and Pastscape Monument No. 48100; the latter entry tells us that fragments of 10th century Anglo-Saxon crosses are stored in the church. The St. Andrew's own website says: "The Church was founded in AD 950 and is a magnificent building dating from the 14th century. A church at Kildwick existed at the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086, but stone crosses of Scandinavian design were found built into in the Chancel wall indicating a much earlier building on the site. St Andrews Church Kildwick has evolved into its present form from the 13th Century."
The Journal of Antiquities also includes a page for this church - see their entry for St Andrew’s Church, Kildwick, West Yorkshire, which includes photographs of the fragments and a description, plus details of other interesting artefacts in the church, together with their reference source (Alec Wood, History and Description of the Parish Church of St Andrew Kildwick-in-Craven).
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