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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Mary (Thornton Le Moors) - Ancient Cross in England in Cheshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Saturday, 26 May 2007  Page Views: 7239

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mary (Thornton Le Moors)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.643 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cheshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Ellesmere Port  Nearest Village: Thornton Le Moors
Map Ref: SJ44157455
Latitude: 53.264990N  Longitude: 2.83879W
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
1 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.
4 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
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St Mary (Thornton Le Moors)
St Mary (Thornton Le Moors) submitted by TimPrevett : Building work here some time ago uncovered a fragment of an Anglo Saxon cross, as well as possibly the foundations for the Anglo Saxon structure. Once known as St Helens, a patronage to St Helen is often indicative of an early founding of a Church site. The church is now disused, locked, and in the churchyard rampant bracken strangulates just about everything. Within the lock porch, sits... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cross in Cheshire

Anglo Saxon cross discovered here during building work; uncertain if on display.
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St Mary (Thornton Le Moors)
St Mary (Thornton Le Moors) submitted by TimPrevett : Building work here some time ago uncovered a fragment of an Anglo Saxon cross, as well as possibly the foundations for the Anglo Saxon structure. Once known as St Helens, a patronage to St Helen is often indicative of an early founding of a Church site. The church is now disused, locked, and in the churchyard rampant bracken strangulates just about everything. If the stone in the porch is not... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SJ4474 : St Mary's Church, Thornton Green Lane by Eirian Evans
by Eirian Evans
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SJ4474 : St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors by David Dixon
by David Dixon
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SJ4474 : St Mary, Thornton-le-Moors by Stephen Richards
by Stephen Richards
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SJ4474 : Thornton-le-Moors War Memorial and St Mary's Church by David Dixon
by David Dixon
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SJ4474 : St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors by Brian Deegan
by Brian Deegan
©2017(licence)

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