The Corpus: Guiseley 2

Volume 8: Western Yorkshire

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Current Display: Guiseley 2, West Riding of Yorkshire

Overview

Object type: Fragment of shaft [1]

Measurements: (after Collingwood 1915a) H. 39.5 cm (15.5 in); W. 25.5 cm (10 in); D. 15 cm (6 in)

Stone type: Not recorded

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 298-301

Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 160

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Present Location

Not found in visits to the church between 1997 and 2005. The present incumbent and churchwardens have no knowledge of it.

Evidence for Discovery

Said by Morris (1911) to be kept in the vestry.

Church Dedication

St Oswald

Present Condition

Unknown

Description

As drawn by Collingwood (1915a, 180, figs. g–j), it shows flat angular interlace on three faces, and figure and possibly animal ornament on the fourth.

Discussion

This looks as if it could be similar to Guiseley 1.

Date

Possibly tenth century

References

Morris 1911, 233; Collingwood 1912, 129; Collingwood 1915a, 181, figs. g–j on 180

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the Guiseley stones: MacMichael 1906, 361; Collingwood 1915b, 333; Pevsner 1959, 228; Ryder 1991, 25; Ryder 1993, 154; Cambridge 1995b, 145.