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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Mary and St Alkelda - Ancient Cross in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by Anne T on Saturday, 29 April 2017  Page Views: 1446

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mary and St Alkelda
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.5 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Middleham
Map Ref: SE1262887878
Latitude: 54.286380N  Longitude: 1.807525W
Condition:
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2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
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Anne T visited on 27th Apr 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Anglo Saxon Cross Fragment, Middleham: On the way to the holy well, we stopped off to look at the porch of St. Mary’s & St. Alkeld, but evensong was one, so we couldn't go inside but carried on westwards through the churchyard into the fields beyond to find St. Alkelda’s Well. At home (29th April) reading through the entry from British Listed Buildings, I noted there was mention of a cross shaft fragment built into the floor of the nave. I looked up my photographs from 19th August 2013, when we’d had a holiday cottage not far away, at a time when we weren’t looking for Anglo Saxon cross fragments, and there was one photograph. After a brief look around the exterior of the church, we carried on through the churchyard to find the site of St. Alkelda's Well.

St Mary and St Alkelda
St Mary and St Alkelda submitted by Anne T : We were unable to get into the church on 27th April 2017, as evensong was in progress, but I found a photograph of this cross shaft embedded in the floor of the nave from a previous visit on 19th August 2013. I am doing some more research to determine the date of this fragment. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cross in Yorkshire (North)

The church of St. Mary and St. Alkelda is situated not far from both the market cross and the castle in the centre of this old market town. Middleham is perhaps best known for being the childhood home of Richard III, who was the ward of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick who was also known as 'The Kingmaker'.

The Middleham Online history page tells us "There has been a settlement here since Roman times and Middleham is mentioned in the Domesday Book when its name was `Medelai`."

The church is largely 14th and 15th century, having been elevated to a collegiate church in 1477 by Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) and his wife, Anne Neville. The church is listed, see British Listed Buildings Entry 101318544, which tells us: "in (the) nave floor part of Saxon cross-shaft with interlaced carving." In the porch, above the door into the church, is a very interesting carving from the 14th century of the crucifixion, together with stained glass which includes a scene of the martyrdom of St. Alkelda.
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