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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | St Peter's Church, Alstonefield.
This is an ancient Saxon stone coffin. Laid across its top are several fragments of crosses. The crosses were created around 900AD, shortly after a visit by St Oswald, Archbishop of York, who visited the settlement of Alstonefield to bring the people back to Christianity. |
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