The Corpus: Bedale 05

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Bedale 05, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Hogback fragment

Measurements: (from Longstaffe's scaled drawing). L. c. 33 cm (13 in); W. Not recorded; H. c. 33 cm (13 in)

Stone type: Unobtainable

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 8

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 61

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Present Location

Lost

Evidence for Discovery

Recorded by Longstaffe in 1846 as having been discovered during grave-digging in the Harker family burial place in the chancel; subsequently in the possession of Mr W. Harker of Theakstone Villa

Church Dedication

St Gregory

Present Condition

Unobtainable

Description

Only one face illustrated by Longstaffe; other faces not recorded.

A (long) : There were three rows of type 7 tegulae, and below the eaves a horizontal panel of scroll and pellet, the pellets in clusters.

Discussion

A type h hogback, the scroll variety. Its distribution is the widest of the hogback series (p. 23).

Date

First half of tenth century

References

Longstaffe 1846, 258–9, fig. on 258; Cutts 1849, 18, 74, pl. XXXIII; Longstaffe 1852, 54, pl.; Longstaffe 1854, 215, fig.; Rowe 1877, 62; Bulmer 1890, 361; McCall 1907, 77; Collingwood 1911, 278; Collingwood 1912, 123; Lang 1984a, 101, 116, no. 1

Endnotes

None