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Submitted by Anne T on Friday, 19 August 2022  Page Views: 1225

MuseumsSite Name: Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Stockton on Tees
Map Ref: NZ4297515796
Latitude: 54.535619N  Longitude: 1.337361W
Condition:
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Anne T visited on 10th Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Preston Park Museum (Kirklevington Stones): I'd tried to arrange a visit here a couple of months before the first pandemic lockdown hit, but the museum closed early, and it's been well over two years until I was able to rearrange the visit. Some of the Kirklevington Stones are one display (some of the more important ones behind glass), some in the museum store. A small archaeology section, but with impressive exhibits. Got to see the museum store, but the stones were stored on the floor under a very deep shelf, so some of them were impossible to photograph properly, which was disappointing. I personally preferred this museum to Beamish, as there were more shops to go into in their Victorian Street, a small cafe, which wasn't too busy (most people were queued up in the cafe in the park), and small, but interesting exhibits.

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Displayed in a glass case opposite the glass case containing the Kirklevington Stones, are the remains of "The Yarm Helmet - the First British Viking Helmet". The museum sign reads: "In the 1950s the remains of a helmet were found by workmen whilst laying new sewer pipes in Chapel Yard, Yarm ... A project led by Dr Chris Caple of Durham University ... show that it is 10th Century, Anglo-Scandinav... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Home of many of the Kirklevington Stones - some are on display but about half are in the museum storeroom - we have photos on our page. There is also a small archaeology display with some impressive Viking artefacts found during recent digs alongside the River Tees, including The Yarm Helmet (pictured). See our page for St Martin's Church for the Kirklevington Stones which remain in the church.

A request needs to be made to see the stones in the museum store here.

The museum is situated in extensive grounds alongside Butterfly World, a large playpark, cafe and other amenities, there is ample of parking and overflow parking.

Address: Preston Park Museum & Grounds
Yarm Road, Eaglescliffe
Stockton-on-Tees. TS18 3RH
Official Web Site: Preston Park Museum.

Opening times are 10am to 4pm daily, with last admission at 3.30pm,
Admission charges:
Adult £5
Children | Over 60s | Students | Unwaged £3
Under 3s FREE
Family: 1 adult + 3 children £10
Family: 2 adults + 3 children £15
All tickets are valid for a whole year from the date of issue, so you are able to make return visits.
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Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Again, no information on display (that we could find) as to precisely how old these knives are near the glass case they are displayed in, but the preservation/conservation is quite remarkable. In the same case as The Yarm Helmet, so presumed Viking/Anglo-Scandinavian. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : A collection of Viking/Anglo-Scandinavian jewellery on display on the first floor of the museum. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : This is part of an Anglo-Scandinavian marker stone. Not recorded on the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture, notes from a presentation on the Kirklevington Stones by Craig Beckham and the Collections Team at the Museum, tell us: "the face of the stone depicts a soldier with an axe, shield and spear. This example may in fact be later than the Kirklevington crosses, but commemorates a Viking warr... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Anglo-Scandinavian/Viking shield boss. Not sure if this was found with/near The Yarm Helmet, as we were unable to find any museum descriptions near/within the display case. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : No information on display as to precisely how old these spear heads/knives are near the glass case they are displayed in, but the preservation/conservation is quite remarkable.

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Another view of "The Yarm Helmet", Anglo- Scandinavian knives, spear heads and other artefacts. Displayed in the glass case opposite the Kirklevington Stones on the first floor of the museum.

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Some more of the Viking/Anglo-Scandinavian artefacts on display on the first floor of the museum.

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : A collection of Viking artefacts, displayed in a glass case on the first floor of the museum. Fascinating!

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : This is face D of Kirklevington 8, part of a cross shaft fragment dated to the late ninth/mid-tenth century. It is broken away on one side, top and bottom, measuring only 32.7cms wide by 14.5cms deep and 14cms wide. The Corpus describes this face as: "On the right there is a modelled edge moulding. Within the panel is neatly cut four-cord plait in median-incised modelled strand; three registers ...

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Part of the collection of Kirklevington fragments, on display on a low plinth on the first floor. Opposite a glass display case with a number of other fragments.

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : The other half of Kirklevington 19b, dated to the first half of the tenth century (click through the photographs on the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture to see both halves 'joined' into one segment of cross head). On this section (top of stone in photograph), Craig Beckham's presentation notes add: "on the face of the stone is central circle boss, of which is a representation of communion...

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Photograph showing narrow face B of Kirklevington 05, dated to the first half of the 10th century. The Corpus notes for this face read: "The edge mouldings are flat. The panel contains confused interlace in flat strand, one element of which is Y-shaped and might be a vertebral ring-chain motif ... It is not placed axially, being further to the right."

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Dated to the first half of the tenth century, this shaft fragment is recorded on the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture as Kirklevington 05. Displayed on a low plinth to the right hand side of the glass case with other Kirklevington stones. This is broad face A, described by the Corpus as: "The edge mouldings are damaged. Of two panels, the upper has clumsy basket plait in flat strand, no...

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Displayed at the back of a small display to the right of the glass case displaying other Kirklevington Stones. Recorded as Kirklevington 18, this badly damaged Anglo-Scandinavian plate-head cross fragment dates to the first half of the tenth century. Craig Beckham's presentation notes tell us: "... the top of the shaft can barely be seen. The interlace pattern also reveals the quality o...

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : This cross head is recorded on the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture as Kirklevington 20. It is dated to the tenth or eleventeenth century. Craig Beckham's presentation notes for this cross head tell us: "(this) is an Anglo-Scandinanavian cross head. This is a uniquely different design from the others found at Kirklevington. It emphasises the central boss, of which is representative of...

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : This is Kirklevington 19a on the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture. It is part of a cross-head, dated to the first half of the tenth century. The whole piece was broken in two; the other fragment is displayed on the low plinth to the right of the display case containing this fragment. On the right hand side of this stone is the other half of the central boss, now broken in half.

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Recorded on the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture as Kirklevington 12, this Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft fragment is dated from the late 9th century to the first half of the tenth century. This is face A, described by the Corpus as "The shaft has a flat edge moulding and a pronounced protuberance where it turns into a transverse moulding, forming the lower limb of the cross-head. The lo...

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Classed as one of the Kirklevington Stones, and displayed in the same glass case as Kirklevington 02 (and others), this fragment is not recorded on the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture. Craig Beckham's presentation notes about this stone say: "(This) is another medieval cross slab. It has been crafted using sandstone. The slab shows an open bracelet cross head carved in relief, of whic...

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Recorded on the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture as Kirklevington 02, this is the original stone (a replica is stored in St. Martin's Church, Kirklevington). It dates to the first half of the tenth century. Displayed in a glass case with a collection of more of the Kirklevington stones, Craig Beckham's presentation notes on this stone tell us: "The front side of the cross is divided int...

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : This is face D of the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture Kirklevington 15, which shows: "The upper limb has narrow edge mouldings containing terminal loops of median-incised strand. The crest of the ring has a rough deeply gouged line along it. The arm-tip has a framed panel containing closed circuit interlace in modelled median-incised strand, of four registers". The top of the stone cro...

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : This is recorded on the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture as Kirklevington 15, dated to the first half of the tenth century. Interestingly, the museum have displayed only face C, which shows "a flattened boss in the centre of the cross, and a free-hand interlace moulding". The front of the cross, face A (not shown here as it faces the back of the display case) is more interesting a...

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Another of the stones kept on the floor under a deep shelf in the museum store room, so difficult to photograph, and only one side really visible. Kept with the remaining Kirklevington stones, I have (as yet) been unable to match it with any of the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture cross shaft and/or cross arm fragments, but will keep looking.

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : This beautiful cruciform brooch is displayed behind glass, together with a silver pendant and replica, an Anglo-Saxon bucket and a human skull and reconstruction. Found at the Norton Anglo-Saxon cemetery in 1982, where 120 people had been buried between 550AD to 620AD. The brooch is dated to this period; the pendant to between 550 to 650AD.

Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees)
Preston Park Museum (Stockton on Tees) submitted by Anne T : Again, to be found stored on the floor in the museum store, so a little difficult to photograph, this is recorded on the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture as Kirklevington 16 (face B showing). The museum presentation notes tell us: "(this) is the neck and the left hand arm of a billet-head Anglo Scandinavian Cross. It is possible to see the remains of a Crucifixion scene upon the face of the ...

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