The Corpus: Darlington 2

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Darlington 2, Durham

Overview

Object type: Incomplete cross-head [1]

Measurements: H. 20 cm (7.9 in); W. 37.5 cm (14.8 in); D. 12 cm (4.7 in)

Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 31.163-165

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 62

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Present Location

Inside church

Evidence for Discovery

Found during restoration of church in 18625. See no. 3.

Church Dedication

St Cuthbert

Present Condition

Broken but unworn

Description

Head, type B10. Only the horizontal arms survive, outlined on both broad faces by a single grooved moulding.

A (broad): Two strands are looped and twisted round the central projecting boss.

B and D (narrow): Roughly dressed.

C (broad): There has been an attempt to carve a Stafford Knot on one arm.

Discussion

This type of cross-head is late; on this one the principles of interlace have been lost. It is possibly modelled on 1.

Date

Early eleventh century

References

Stuart 1867, 42; (—) 1887a; Brock 1888, 174, 408; Boyle 1892, 655; Hodges 1905, 224; Hodgkin 1913, 94; Dufty 1954, 224

Endnotes

1. The following are general references to the Darlington stones. Hodges 1894, 78, also refers to three monumental crosses in transept and more stones in wooden gallery inside tower. Three crosses with interlace=nos. 1-2 and (?) 3; (—) 1927-8b, 81; (—) 1951-6a, 212; Pevsner 1953, 71.