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Old Prior Manor House Well (Corbridge)
Trip No.149 Entry No.1 Date Added: 12th Sep 2019
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Old Prior Manor House Well (Corbridge) submitted by Anne T on 12th Sep 2019. A glimpse into the well chamber. It has two pottery pipes feeding into it, and a modern drain in front which takes away any overflow. The water, after a long period of very warm and wet weather, was full of bright green weed.The well lies at the eastern side of what would have been the grounds of the old Trinity Church, which was demolished in the 18th century after falling into ruins.
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Log Text: We have driven past this well so many times and said “we need to stop and photograph this” and today we did. I thought it was just a hollow in the wall, with a dry pipe coming through the wall, but no, it is a real well, with water, although no water flowed through the pipe and the water was stagnant and full of vibrant green weed.
Looking over the wall, it had a stone domed well house.
The well is located outside the Old Prior Manor House, at the corner of the B6529, Stagshaw Road and St Helen’s Lane, with the junction with Corchester Lane, which runs to the Corbridge Roman site, diagonally opposite to the south west.
The OS map of 1895 shows the well being sited opposite Trinity Church. The house, also known as Prior Mains, was formerly the Corbridge Rectory.
Corbridge Crosses
Trip No.149 Entry No.2 Date Added: 12th Sep 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Corbridge Crosses submitted by Anne T on 12th Sep 2019. The old market cross, which stood upon steps and a Roman altar, was removed from it's original place in 1807, and stood outside the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Newcastle. It was returned to Corbridge in the 20th century, but now sits 2m to the east of the door into the Pele Tower. Very worn, it once had an inscription, plus dog tooth ornament.
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Log Text: Corbridge Market Crosses: This is our local village, with some excellent shops, but apart from the church, I've never actually stopped to photograph any of the crosses or the Vicar's Pele. We decided to remedy that today, although with it being a Sunday, I tried to get a photograph of the new market cross without visitors sitting around it, eating lunch. Still, it's lovely to know it's still part of this very active community.
The old cross is very sadly tucked 2m away from the door into the Vicar's Pele - now a micro-pub, with dog's water bowls, tables and chairs and a planter immediately adjacent.
On my wish list is gathering the courage to go into the very small Vicar's Pele and photograph the medieval grave slabs built into its structure, without managing to annoy anyone drinking in there - it is a popular place!
St Cuthbert's Church (Corsenside)
Trip No.149 Entry No.3 Date Added: 9th Sep 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
St Cuthbert's Church (Corsenside) submitted by Anne T on 9th Sep 2019. A look down into this 0.8m square socket stone, which has a shallow rectangular socket hole at the bottom of a circular depression. The top of the stone has a single roll moulding around its edge.
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Log Text: Cross base at St Cuthbert's, Corsenside: This church is a little gem. After having let ourselves in through 2 gates (one by the A68, the other near the church), the views around the church are lovely. The church was open, and we were surprised to find out how old the chancel and sanctuary are. There were some very interesting grave markers inside the church, including one which was possibly a Tudor wayside cross.
The socket stone is exactly where described, and is one of the most ornate we’ve seen. Although a simple rectangle in shape, the rectangular socket stone as a circular depression above it, and in turn a small gully running just inside the top surface.
St Mary the Virgin (Blanchland)
Trip No.149 Entry No.4 Date Added: 12th Sep 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
St Mary the Virgin (Blanchland) submitted by Anne T on 10th Sep 2019. Showing where this 13th century cross sits in the churchyard in relation to the west door of the church. We had previously thought this was a relatively modern grave marker, but Pastscape and Historic England both confirm it is a "rare survival of a complete medieval churchyard cross".
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Log Text: Churchyard Cross, Blanchland: The grid reference given by Pastscape is incorrect; theirs places it on moorland to the north west of the village. The cross is at NY 96598 50408.
Blanchland is a relatively remote, but really lovely medieval village, near the border with County Durham. The site of one of five Premonstratensian Abbeys in north-eastern England, with this church having once formed the centre of worship at the monastery here. Today, only part of the church survives, in a really unusual L-shaped form. After the Reformation, the church was left to become ruined, but was partially restored in the mid-18th century. The current building is formed from the north transept (with the tower at its northern end) and the eastern arm of the medieval Abbey church.
We have been to this church before (and occasionally to the Lord Crewe Arms next door, but more often to the White Monk Tearooms opposite). We thought that this churchyard cross was actually a modern grave marker, as it looks relatively modern, but is what Pastscape and Historic England class as "a rare survival" of a complete medieval churchyard cross.
Inside, the church feels somewhat bare, but there are six interesting grave slabs set into the floor of the north transept. Peter Ryder has recorded these, saying they are "without close local parallels".
To see the eastern external walls of the church, you need to relax in the beer garden of the Lord Crewe Arms!