The Corpus: Whalley 05

Volume 9: Cheshire and Lancashire

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Current Display: Whalley 05, Lancashire

Overview

Object type: Part of shaft [1]

Measurements: L. 41.5 cm (16 in); W. 14 cm (5.5 in); D. Built in

Stone type: Greyish orange pink (5YR 7/2), poorly sorted, clast-supported, fine- (0.2 mm) to granular (4.0 mm), but mostly medium- to coarse-grained between 0.4 and 0.7 mm, quartz sandstone. The clasts vary from sub-angular to sub-rounded. Millstone Grit, Carboniferous

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 682

Corpus volume reference: Vol 9 p. 249

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Present Location

Built into exterior south wall of the Early English chancel below second window from east.

Evidence for Discovery

First recorded by Browne in present position (1887a, 14).

Church Dedication

St Mary

Present Condition

Worn

Description

A row of pellets is set between the flat moulding of the arris edge and an inner border. Below are traces of interlace strands.

Discussion

The distinctive multiple frame and type of stone suggest that this fragment either once formed part of Whalley 4 or had a decorative scheme analogous to it (see also Whalley 6).

Date

References

Browne 1887a, 14; Taylor-Taswell 1905, 32; Taylor, H. 1906, 80; Ditchfield 1909, 116; Wallis 1921, 11; Edwards, B. 1978a, 74; Edwards, B. 1989b, 31, fig. 3 (H); Panikkar 1994, 20, pl. on 21; Edwards, B. 1998, 87; Reeder 1999, 18, fig. 7; Noble 2004, 78, fig. 94b

Endnotes

[1]. The following are general references to the Whalley stones: Whitaker 1800–1, 31–2, 33, 37, 297; Whitaker 1818, 49–51, 250; Baines 1831–6, III, 178–9, 383; Baines 1868–70, II, 8; Whitaker 1872–6, I, 69, 71, II, 15, 157, 557, pl. facing 1; Croston 1884a, 4–5; Croston 1884b, 3; (–––) 1885b, 228; Allen and Browne 1885, 355; Browne 1885b, 156–7; Browne 1887a, 12–14; Jackson 1889, 34; Glynne 1893, 79; Harrison 1896, 4; Howarth 1899, 9; Farrer and Brownbill 1911c, 355; Fishwick and Ditchfield 1909, I, 5; Wallis 1921; Brown, G. 1937, 274; Tupling 1948, 6, 8; Edwards, B. 1975; Edwards, B. 1978a, 72–5; Fellows-Jensen 1985, 407; Edwards, B. 1992, 58; Panikkar 1994, 20; Crosby 1998, 30; Noble 2004, 75–81.

The following are unpublished manuscript references: BL Add. MS 37550, items 724–35; BL Add. MS 37551, items 76–9; Lancashire Record Office, DP 291/61–62 and 292/1; Lancashire Record Office DP 386/8.