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Medieval (High and Late)Site Name: St John the Baptist and St Alkmund (Aymestrey) Alternative Name: Aymestrey ChurchCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 4.39 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Herefordshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Leominster Nearest Village: Aymestrey
Map Ref: SO4256065130
Latitude: 52.281297N Longitude: 2.843393W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
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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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| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Anne T visited on 9th Jul 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Access: 4 Churchyard Cross (Aymestrey): We were here for my son and DIL's wedding rehearsal, but I was also very keen to get out into the churchyard to photograph this cross before dusk fell. Whilst the cross is medieval, Beaker burials have been found nearby, and I'm doing further research on the church to find out if a wooden building might have pre-dated the 12th century church. A very pretty spot, although difficult to find the church car park (the small lane is just to the north of the northern wall of the churchyard), and we missed this, so parked in the village hall and walked back the 150-200m to the church along the (at that time of night) quiet A4110.
Ref: Monument Number 108434 It is further described as a: "standing stone cross, located within the churchyard of St John the Baptist's and St Alkmund's Church. The cross is 15th century in date with 17th century additions and is scheduled as Historic England List ID 1349736. A second entry for the cross also exists - see Historic England List ID 1016137.
The church itself, listed as Historic England List ID 1082113, dates from the 12th century, although extended in the 14th century, rebuilt in the 16th century and restored in 1884-86. Information boards within the church say that a Beaker burial was found nearby.
Parking is available down a narrow lane just to the north of the north wall of the churchyard. Access to the churchyard is available from the car park, or from the western end of the churchyard, through the lych gate. Visitors need to walk across the grass to the western door into the church. As the entrance to the small church car park is easy to miss, alternate parking is available at the community hall about 150 metres to the south of the church.
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