St Hilda's Wayside Cross (Hartlepool) [Pilgrim's Cross (The Headland); Low Warren Farm Cross (Hartlepool)] Ancient Cross : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

<< Our Photo Pages >> St Hilda's Wayside Cross (Hartlepool) - Ancient Cross in England in County Durham

Submitted by Anne T on Tuesday, 11 February 2020 Page Views: 1199

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Hilda's Wayside Cross (Hartlepool) Alternative Name: Pilgrim's Cross (The Headland); Low Warren Farm Cross (Hartlepool)
Country: England County: County Durham Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Hartlepool
Map Ref: NZ5279033701
Latitude: 54.695585N Longitude: 1.182475W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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
0	No data.

5 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

5

Internal Links:

External Links:

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit

· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

I have visited· I would like to visit

Anne T visited on 5th Feb 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Wayside Cross base outside St Hilda's Church: I spotted this more by accident than design, and photographed it, before we rushed off to the old Gray Art Gallery and Museum site to try and track down its old site. We couldn't find it where the grid reference placed it. A worker from the now office building, William Gray House, which now houses the Council and Tees Archaeology, told us the art gallery had closed in 1995 although people still came looking for it. He had no knowledge of a cross base in the grounds. It wasn't until I got home and was doing some research that I came across the HE entry, which we hadn't seen earlier, which told us the cross base had been moved to this location in 1997.

**St Hilda's Wayside Cross (Hartlepool)** submitted by Anne T : Standing at the edge of the car park, looking east towards the western wall of St Hilda's church with the buttressing to the north and western walls of the tower behind. “This 21st century cross has been erected to commemorate the Christian heritage of Hartlepool since 640AD. The steps are from the original Pilgrims Cross which once stood on the route from Lindisfarne (Holy Island) to Hartlepool... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ancient Cross in County Durham

This cross base has a reasonably complicated history, as it was first recorded as having been discovered in 1917 "on the north side of the road westward of Low Warren Farm, Hartlepool near a railway arch" at approximately NZ 5087 3483. The cross base was later relocated to a site 35m east of the Gray Art Gallery and Museum, now William Gray House, Clarence Road, Hartlepool, at approximately NZ 5092 3272, then moved to just outside the western churchyard wall of St Hilda's, Hartlepool in 1997, alongside a modern cross.

The plaque on the base of the modern cross reads: "This 21st century cross has been erected to commemorate the Christian heritage of Hartlepool since 640AD. The steps are from the original Pilgrims Cross which once stood on the route from Lindisfarne (Holy Island) to Hartlepool”.

More information can be found on Pastscape Monument No. 27806 and Historic England List Entry No. 1263435 (REMAINS OF WAYSIDE CROSS).
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.

Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
56m ESE 114° St Hilda's Church (Hartlepool)* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (NZ5284233679)
4.4km WSW 240° Catcote settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (NZ490315)
5.8km WNW 283° Hart Village Erratic* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (NZ47103495)
5.9km WNW 284° St Mary Magdalene (Hart)* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (NZ4704835105)
12.1km SSE 152° Foxrush Farm Ancient Village or Settlement (NZ5865123120)
13.3km SSW 212° St Cuthbert's Church (Billingham)* Ancient Cross (NZ4577722342)
13.9km NW 305° .Lows Hill Round Barrow(s) (NZ413415)
14.3km SW 217° St Mary (Stockton on Tees) Ancient Cross (NZ44272213)
15.1km WNW 285° Old Wingate Long Barrow* Long Barrow (NZ38143745)
15.1km WNW 286° Old Wingate Round Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (NZ3815937568)
15.8km WSW 240° Thorpe Thewles cropmark Ancient Village or Settlement (NZ391257)
15.9km SSE 166° Eston Nab Camp* Hillfort (NZ5679518248)
16.0km SW 235° Thorpe Thewles settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (NZ39672445)
16.1km NW 325° Hawthorn Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (NZ433467)
16.2km SSE 166° Eston Nab Bowl Barrows* Round Barrow(s) (NZ56901802)
16.2km SSE 167° Eston Moor B2* Round Barrow(s) (NZ5663317920)
16.2km SSE 167° Eston Moor B3* Cairn (NZ5665817926)
16.7km SSE 168° Eston Moor Bowl Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (NZ5646117430)
16.7km S 169° Eston Moor Pond Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (NZ56181732)
16.7km SSE 168° Eston Moor 3b* Rock Art (NZ5639117343)
16.8km SSE 167° Moordale Bog 1* Rock Art (NZ5691417364)
17.3km NW 316° Batter Law Tumulus* Round Barrow(s) (NZ40604599)
17.3km NW 316° Batter Law Round Barrow(s) (NZ406460)
17.4km S 171° Mount Pleasant (Eston)* Cairn (NZ55821654)
18.8km SSW 205° Thornaby Green earthwork Ancient Village or Settlement (NZ45051650)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< St Hilda's Church (Hartlepool)

Steinkreuz Marienkirche >>