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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St James Church (Nunburnholme) Alternative Name: The Nunburnholme CrossCountry: England County: Yorkshire (East) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Pocklington Nearest Village: Nunburnholme
Map Ref: SE84774779
Latitude: 53.919325N Longitude: 0.710765W
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 |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 | 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 |
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St James church is located on Church Lane in the village of Nunburnholme 3 miles east of Pocklington. In the church there is a pre-Conquest cross-shaft and a sheela-na-gig.
The Anglo-Saxon/Norse cross shaft dating from before AD 900 stands under the Norman tower arch. It has been resonably well restored after being found broken in a couple of places and embedded into the wall. On the front there are figures from the bible and also Norse characters - unfortunately not much is known with regard to who these figures represent. However, there is certainly a strong Norse influence in the carvings which need more investigative work.
There is also a sheela-na-gig dating from the Norman period.
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