The Corpus: Whalley 11

Volume 9: Cheshire and Lancashire

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Current Display: Whalley 11, Lancashire

Overview

Object type: Part of cross-head [1]

Measurements: H. 22 cm (8.5 in); W. 39 cm (15.5 in); D. 15 cm (6 in)

Stone type: Greyish yellow (5YR 8/4), moderately sorted, clast-supported, medium- to coarse-grained (0.3 to 0.7 mm, but mostly between 0.4 and 0.5 mm), quartz sandstone. A few clasts up to 3.0 mm. The clasts vary from sub-angular to sub-rounded. Millstone Grit, Carboniferous

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 695-6

Corpus volume reference: Vol 9 p. 252

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Present Location

Under back pew in church, formerly in upper chamber of church tower

Evidence for Discovery

Probably the 'crosshead now in the vestry' recorded by Wallis (1921, 11), but see Whalley 10.

Church Dedication

St Mary

Present Condition

Heavily worn, particularly on face C

Description

The fragment represents the central element of a (presumably) free-armed cross-head with parts of two (?lateral) arms surviving, together with the stub of a third arm; the wide curves suggest a head of type B9.

A (broad): A roll-moulding border survives on the upper curves and there are traces of worn interlace at the centre.

B and D (narrow): Lost

C (broad): The only trace of ornamentation on this face are the remains of a central boss.

Discussion

Too little survives for useful comment.

Date

Uncertain; possibly tenth century

References

Wallis 1921, 11; Reeder 1999, 18–19; Noble 2004, 79, fig. 94d

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The following are unpublished manuscript references: BL Add.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.