The Corpus: Northallerton 03

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Northallerton 03, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Shaft fragment [1]

Measurements: H. 21 cm (8.3 in) W. 20.7 cm (8.1 in) D. 7.5 cm (2.95 in)

Stone type: Dark fine-grained, feldspathic, deltaic sandstone; well sorted with sub-angular grains. Dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4). Stone provenance as no. 2.

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 666–7

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 181-182

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Present Location

On the sill of the west window of the north aisle

Evidence for Discovery

See Northallerton 1 (All Saints)

Church Dedication

All Saints

Present Condition

Broken; two surviving faces

Description

A (broad) : On the left is a flat edge moulding, slightly modelled. Within the panel is closely woven interlace (possibly six-cord plain plait), its lower termination preserved, in a broad strand with neat hole-points spaced at 1.5 inches.

B (narrow) and C (broad) : Broken away.

D (narrow) : On the right is a narrow edge moulding. Within the panel are the tips of Como-braid loops.

Discussion

The patterns, gridding and cutting style indicate that it came from the Allertonshire workshop (see Chap. VI, pp. 44–7).

Date

First half of tenth century

References

Collingwood 1907, 288, 372, figs. n–o on 373; Collingwood 1912, 110, 114, 126, figs. n–o; Collingwood 1915, 264

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the Northallerton stones: Browne 1880–4, cx, cxi; Allen and Browne 1885, 352; Saywell 1885, 5, 6, 218, 219, 222; Saywell 1886, 480–1; Bulmer 1890, 525, 526; Robinson, J. 1890, 35, fig. 9; Hodges 1894, 195; Morris, J. 1904, 280, 420; Bogg 1908, 14; Collingwood 1912, 110, pl. III; Page, W. 1914, 426, 429; Morris, J. 1931, 280, 417; Elgee and Elgee 1933, 195, 249; Mee 1941, 169; Pevsner 1966, 271; Bailey 1980, 240, 252, 255; Cambridge 1989, 382, 384, 385; Morris, R. 1989, 138; Hadley 2000, 244; Stocker 2000, 205–6. The following is an unpublished manuscript reference to the Northallerton stones: BL Add. MS 37552 no. XIV, item 702 (Romilly Allen collection).