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<< Text Pages >> St Mary's Church (Newent) - Ancient Cross in England in Gloucestershire

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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mary's Church (Newent) Alternative Name: The Newent Cross, Edred's Stone
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Gloucester  Nearest Village: Newent
Map Ref: SO724260
Latitude: 51.931821N  Longitude: 2.402823W
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.
3 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.
5 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
4

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St Mary's Church at Newent, Gloucestershire. In the 13th century CE church of St Mary there is a late Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft and an 11th century stone. The church is famous for its 150 foot high spire. The church site is Anglo-Saxon but there was a Roman settlement here back in the 2nd century CE.

In the porch there is a 9th century cross shaft. The carvings on the front, although rather worn, depict Adam and Eve along with a serpent entwined round what is probably The Tree of Knowledge.

Inside the church a 10th-11th century slab-stone, or a stone tablet. This is similar to grave-slabs that are found in Northumbria; it may have been used as a portable altar-stone. This stone is often called Edred's Stone. This because when the stone was dug up from under the vestry in 1912, two skeletons were found with it, the skull of one of the skeletons resting on the stone had a faint inscription in memory of Edred. This person was possibly a priest.

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St Mary's Church (Newent)
St Mary's Church (Newent) submitted by jfarrar : Saxon Cross Shaft in the porch of St Mary the Virgin (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SO7225 : St. Mary's Church, Newent, at noon, Christmas Day 2007 by Pauline E
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SO7225 : Newent Church by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
©2009(licence)
SO7225 : Newent: parish church of St. Mary by Chris Downer
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SO7225 : Church of St Mary, Newent by Ruth Sharville
by Ruth Sharville
©2010(licence)
SO7225 : St Mary's Church, Newent by Eirian Evans
by Eirian Evans
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