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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: The Kendal Cross Alternative Name: Holy Trinity CrossCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.387 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cumbria Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Kendal
Map Ref: SD5168692141
Latitude: 54.322548N Longitude: 2.744303W
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Anne T visited on 21st Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 The Kendal Cross: located on a window sill in the Lady Chapel (east end of south aisle) in the Parish Church of Kendal, Holy Trinity.
The fragment was sited in strong sunlight at the time of our visit, so difficult to photograph.
Such a huge church, apparently the widest in Cumbria, and also the oldest in Kendal, with the site older than the building, as 'evidenced by the 8th/9th century cross shaft'.
A replica of the cross sits outside the western end of the church, on the green between the western entrance gates and the church.
The church site is Anglo Saxon and a church has almost certainly existed here since then. However, the present church is largerly a Victorian ediface. The carved stone angels (some nicely painted) around the inside of the church are recent but quite nice. Outside there are gargoyles (water spouts) around the sides of the building, and they look quite intimidating to say the least.
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