Volume 3: York and Eastern Yorkshire
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Overview
Object type: Fragment of cross-shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 24.4 cm (9.6 in); W. 16 cm (6.3 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Apparently Middle Jurassic sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: 900
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 226-227
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Present Location
Built into north wall of nave, outside
Evidence for Discovery
First noted by author in 1973
Church Dedication
St Andrew
Present Condition
Extremely worn
Description
There is a plain face and an incised edge moulding.
Discussion
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
The stone is too simple for comment.
Date
Possibly pre-Conquest
References
Unpublished
Endnotes
1. The following are general references to the Middleton stones: Allen and Browne 1885, 353; Frank 1888, 178; Morris 1931, 264; Mee 1941a, 161; Binns 1963, 40-3, pls.; Taylor and Taylor 1965, I, 423; Sawyer 1971, 163-6, 212; Lang 1989, 2, 3-5.