Ashbourne
(Derbyshire)
OS
Grid Ref: SK 17655 46480
53º00’55.16”N 001º44’17.87”W
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Ashbourne (Derbyshire) |
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OS
Grid Ref: SK 17655 46480 |
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Saint Oswald's Church in Ashbourne has a tall (65 metres) spire that can be seen
for some distance (as long as one has a clear line of sight between the
hills). The windows in the tower seem to have been something of an
inconvenience when the clock was put in! This photograph, taken shortly before sunset in the last days of
December 2000 does not really do the building justice.
Although this building dates from three centuries after the Norman Conquest, it has a Norman crypt, and there must have been a church there even before the Normans came. A small fragment from the upper part of an Anglian cross-shaft (below) is
preserved inside the church (among the memorial displays in a side
chapel). The pictures below are reproduced in black and white because
there was very little light available inside the church at the time I was
there, and the grain in the pictures looks far too distracting in colour. |
| Three of the four sides have fairly well-executed but unexciting plaits. The fourth side, presumably the front as it was originally erected, is much more worn, but appears to show the figure of an animal. Unfortunately, the erosion of the details makes it difficult to produce a more convincing identification. (The face that can be seen in the background is from one of the many mediaeval fragments of carved stone that are also on display in the church.) | |||
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There are several locations in the area surrounding
Ashbourne with pre-Norman remains.
Some are crosses or cross fragments, whilst at Wirksworth there is a splendid
grave-lid and various other fragments.
The landscape in the area covered by this map consists of steep hills and deep
valleys.
Expect some sharp bends on the smaller roads that pass over the hills!
Clicking on the relevant cross(es) above should take you to the appropriate page
at this website
(assuming that the page has been prepared).
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Related locations |
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The sites detailed below are places where one can find related
artefacts.
In some cases, these artefacts are from the same cultural period(s)/group(s) as in this location; in others, these artefacts are of the same or related form(s). |
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Anglian or Saxon sites |
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Aberford, Addingham (Wharfedale), Ashbourne, Bakewell, Bradbourne, Brailsford, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Cheadle, Checkley, Cleulow, Escomb, Eyam, Gressingham, Guiseley, Hartshead Moor, Hope (Derbyshire), Hornby, Hovingham, Iken, Ilam, Ilkley, Leek, Melling, Otley, Prestbury, Rastrick, Rolleston-on-Dove, Rothley, Sandbach, Stapleford (Nottinghamshire), Taddington, Thornton Watlass, Urswick, Whaley Bridge, Whalley, Winwick, Wirksworth |
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Locality maps at this web-site have been developed using Microsoft AutoRoute Express 2000 (and later editions). |
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