Volume 3: York and Eastern Yorkshire

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Current Display: York St Mary Bishophill Junior 04, York Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
West end of nave, inside
Evidence for Discovery
Found in 1908 restoration '. . . in the tower wall, on the level of the bells, inside' (Collingwood 1909, 207)
Church Dedication
St Mary Bishophill Junior
Present Condition
Broken top and bottom; fairly worn
Description

Plain on all faces except for a flat edge moulding flanking an inner moulding of pellets.

Discussion

A restrained monument, it nevertheless exemplifies the taste for runs of border pellets which is also a feature of much of the sculpture from St Mary Bishophill Senior. The unit of measure is one imperial inch.

Date
Late ninth to mid tenth century
References
Collingwood 1909, 207; Tweddle 1987a, 121
Endnotes

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