St Mary the Virgin (Blanchland)

Recorded by Peter Ryder at Blanchland 6, this is "(a) tapering slab of orange-brown sandstone bearing an axial line of inscription, the Lombardic letters being inlaid in lead. Following a splay-armed cross, the inscription reads: CECILIA: HAYBUN On the left side is incised a small pair of shears". Whilst the slab is later medieval, there are only a couple of other similar slabs like this dedicated to women in Northumberland, one being at Hexham Priory, the other at Horton, near Blyth.