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<< Image Pages >> St Wilfrid's Church (Ribchester) - Ancient Cross in England in Lancashire

Submitted by Sunny100 on Thursday, 18 November 2010  Page Views: 6694

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Wilfrid's Church (Ribchester) Alternative Name: St Wilfrid's Cross
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.47 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Lancashire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Clitheroe  Nearest Village: Ribchester
Map Ref: SD649350
Latitude: 53.810096N  Longitude: 2.534518W
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:
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4Good
3Ordinary
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1Awful
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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
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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
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Sunny100 visited on 30th Sep 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 St Wilfrid's church is usually open to the public every day. It is located just past the Roman museum. Two small cross fragments on windowsill in Dutton Chapel (Choir).

St Wilfrid's Church (Ribchester)
St Wilfrid's Church (Ribchester) submitted by Sunny100 : Illustration showing the two cross fragments in St Wilfrid's church, Ribchester. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cross in Lancashire

The church of St Wilfrid at Ribchester houses two fragments of an Anglo-Saxon cross. St Wilfrid's was built close to the Roman fort of Bremetannacum, probably next to the principia. In fact the church is surrounded by Roman earthworks. In the 7th century CE the place was Christianized by Bishop Wilfrid himself.

On a window ledge in the Dutton Chapel are two fragments of an Anglo Saxon Cross, dating from between the 7th-9th century CE. The large fragment is part of a round headed wheel cross, while the smaller fragment possibly from the same cross, or another, has loose knotwork or ropework that is perhaps more reminicent of Celtic decoration, rather than Saxon.
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SD6435 : The Parish Church of St Wilfrid, Ribchester by Alexander P Kapp
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SD6435 : Footpath in Ribchester by philandju
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SD6435 : Edge of the Churchyard by John H Darch
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SD6435 : Parish Church, Ribchester by K  A
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