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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Oswald (Winwick)Country: England County: Cheshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Warrington Nearest Village: Winwick
Map Ref: SJ6037592833
Latitude: 53.430784N Longitude: 2.59785W
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 |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Cross in Cheshire
The central arm of a large cross now inside St Oswald's, Winwick, on the window sill of the Gerard Chapel. The remains of this Saxon cross are recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 73584, which tells us the cross was dug up from the churchyard in 1830. Whilst it is commonly referred to as a memorial of King Oswald, it may just be an 'ordinary preaching cross from Norman times'.
Pastscape adds this is "one of the largest pre-Conquest cross-heads to survive in England".
The cross head is not mentioned in the scheduling information, although a photograph of the cross can be found in the contributions section; see Historic England List ID 1278428; click on 'contributions' and scroll down the entries.
The cross, plus carvings on the tower of the church, are described on the Journal of Antiquities' page for St Oswald’s Church, Winwick, Lancashire, which includes drawings, background information on the church, its artefacts and about St Oswald. The Journal also includes a list of reference sources for more information.
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