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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Easington Cross Alternative Name: All Saints Church (Easington)Country: England
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County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Whitby Nearest Village: Easington
Map Ref: NZ7442718004
Latitude: 54.551821N Longitude: 0.850819W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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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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Anne T visited on 19th Mar 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Easington Hogbacks and A-S stone fragments: We had already seen the cross base in the churchyard, but arranged with the Reverend Danny Walker to revisit when the church was open. He was there with a very knowledgeable churchwarden (with his two wonderful dogs) to move some furniture around so they could leave the church open for parishioners and visitors at this current time of crisis.
The churchwarden took us into the tower to see a Norman arch that had been rebuilt on the first floor to preserve it. He also showed us St Hilda’s Cross base, and what he said was part of the cross shaft, but I said I thought was a medieval cross-slab as it clearly had a sword on it in the sunlight.
The vicar had cleared the steps to the basement boiler room, where we were allowed to move the old screens and debris to find any pieces we could. We found all but one of the pieces listed on the Corpus (the other may have been under debris, but with dead birds in the corner, we were reluctant to explore this part of the room). A real treat, and thanks to the vicar for opening the church up for us.
Anne T visited on 4th Mar 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Easington Cross Base: The cross base is recorded as HE 1011970 and as Pastscape 1583425. Pastscape 29031 tells us there are "nine Saxon stone fragments [in the basement] at (the) Church of All Saints", although my attempts to contact the vicar by telephone and email have not been successful. I did speak to a gentleman who I thought was the church warden, but he told me "he no longer holds an official position within the church".
As we were passing through the village anyway, we stopped to see the cross base, although the church was well and truly locked.
As well as the cross base, there is also a sundial towards the western end of the churchyard, and a drinking fountain at NZ 74521 18036, at the side of the main Loftus-Whitby Road.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 4
Located outside the south west corner of All Saints Church in Easington (North Yorks). All that remains is a broken medieval base with a lip missing, similar to the Wishing Chair Cross in Whitby. Recumbent next to it is a tapered shaft with what looks like to me a sword carved upon it, this shaft may or may not be part of the original cross. Historic England in their List Entry Number 1011970 make no mention of this shaft but refer to the remains of carved crosses kept in the basement of the church which they say may be associated with the base. They also say the base is in its original location, though I can’t see this myself as it looks to be partially on top of a grave.
Update March 2020: This cross base is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 1583425 (note: the entry is wrongly headed, although it does refer to All Saints Church), and also referred to in Pastscape Monument No. 29031. The stone fragments/carvings are recorded in the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture: Easington 01, Yorkshire North Riding to Easington 11 (use the arrows towards the top right hand side of the page to scroll through). The stones are also recorded in Guy Points' "A Gazetteer of Anglo Saxon and Viking Sites: Yorkshire" (2007), pages 133 to 136 inclusive.
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