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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Mary (Leake) - Ancient Cross in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by TimPrevett on Thursday, 24 May 2007  Page Views: 4788

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mary (Leake)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.687 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ancient Cross
 Nearest Village: Leake
Map Ref: SE43329063
Latitude: 54.309438N  Longitude: 1.335696W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Anne T visited on 26th Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 St Mary’s Church, Leake: Saxon Cross and Sundial: I hate the A19 as I think it’s a fast, dangerous road, and avoid it whenever I can. However, driving up and down to York in a previous life, I’ve seen this church which is right by the A19 a couple of times before – driving past at 70 mph there is barely time to acknowledge that ‘that church looks interesting’ before you’ve past it. Not wanting to turn up and find the church closed, I’d checked with the vicar’s wife before setting off (the church is usually left open during the day - “just push the bird screen and close it behind you”). Having picked husband Andrew up from Northallerton station, we took the road westwards through Bullamoor and Kirkby Sigston back to the A19. Taking our life in our hands, we eventually crossed the road. Looking very carefully for the turnoff to Leake Hall (owned by major farmer G.E. Peacock), the side road was easier to find than we thought, and we pulled up outside the church. There is surprisingly a large car park for the congregation, which is wonderfully well cared for – this church has a very friendly atmosphere. The skies were brilliant blue, which made taking photographs interesting – lots of light and dark shadows. The first amazing thing about this church was the door, which is obviously very old with a smaller door set inside it (and internally, its lock). It is easy to spot the Saxon cross on the west wall of the tower. The church guide says that this may well have been the original churchyard cross. It was a little harder to make out the sundial, which is on the south wall of the nave, just east of the porch, as I was expecting a ‘scratch cross’. It can be found next to a medieval roundel, and is just a plain base with the remnants of an iron post in the centre. The medieval roundel is splendid, with a carved beast prominent. Internally, the building has some really interesting features – the Norman pillars with their carved capitals; the bend in the arch above the west door, and also the carvings on the bench-ends from the 1500s (which came from Bridlington Priory following the Dissolution). The farm (Leake Hall) next door is really old, and it would have been nice to have been able to wander round this, too. Definitely worth a stop if passing by.

St Mary (Leake)
St Mary (Leake) submitted by Anne T : Close up of the Saxon cross in the west wall of the Norman tower of St Mary The Virgin, Leake. The church guide says this may well be the remains of the original churchyard cross. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cross in Yorkshire (North)

Cross head fragment built into the west wall of the tower, and believed Anglo Saxon sundial in the south aisle of the nave.
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St Mary (Leake)
St Mary (Leake) submitted by Anne T : Inside, on the eastern wall of the southern side chapel, there appears to be what I took to be a Saxon consecration cross (similar to the one at Escomb Saxon church). Couldn't find this mentioned in any of the guide notes or other web sites, so I could well be wrong! (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary (Leake)
St Mary (Leake) submitted by Anne T : The stone on the left hand side of the photograph is the remains of what is supposed to be a Saxon sundial (there are the remains of a metal pin in the middle). To the right hand side, there is a splendid medieval roundel with a 'beast'. To be found on the external south wall of the nave, just to the east of the porch. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary (Leake)
St Mary (Leake) submitted by Anne T : St. Mary The Virgin, Leake, taken from the churchyard wall nearest the A19, looking back at the west end of the Norman tower. The Saxon cross can just be seen in the centre of the image, just above the window arch. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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