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St Andrew's Church (Heddon on the Wall)
Trip No.99 Entry No.1 Date Added: 23rd Sep 2018
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
St Andrew's Church (Heddon on the Wall) submitted by Anne T on 23rd Sep 2018. The Saxo-Norman cross finial (or possibly a grave marker), cemented to the north window sill in the sanctuary of this old church. Found underneath the vestry floor during renovations, this is dated to the eleventh century. See AS Corpus Heddon-on-the-Wall entry for more information.
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Log Text: St Andrew's Church, Heddon on the Wall: The church is no longer open every day, but we were asked to go along to Holy Communion at 10.30am on a Thursday and stay and enjoy the church afterwards. A very kind lady called Ann showed us round (I think she mentioned her husband was the historian), and I got proper photographs of the Anglo Saxon Cross Head in the Sanctuary this time (last time I visited I wasn’t aware this was an old piece, just thought it was an architectural fragment).
There are a number of other really interesting fragments on the west window sill of the meeting room. I really love the way the arches between the nave and chancel and chancel and sanctuary have settled over the years. Wonderful place! Would have loved to have wandered around this church on my own.