More information : Fragments of a large Anglian cross with regular scrolls, symmetrical plaits, figures and beasts are in Hackness Church (St Peters at SE96919055 - see SE 99 SE 51). It bears inscriptions in Anglian runes and twig runes and one in Latin to the memory of Aethelburga, a former abbess and grand-niece of St Hilda. (1-4)
Collingwood (3) dated the cross to the mid 9th century, not long before 869 AD. (See illustration card).
Clapham, however referred to the fragments as from two separate crosses but gave no explanation. (5-6)
The remains of the cross, formerly situated on the side of the road between Hackness and Scalby (at SE 98139039 - see SE 99 SE 44) are now in St Peter's Church, Hackness.
An inscription in the chancel of the church reads "There are three fragments of a cross which are now set up in the chancel of the church and were no doubt erected by inmates of the monastery, [see SE 99 SE 25], in memory of some of the more illustrious members of the community ...". (see also SE 99 SE 58 for Anglo-Saxon carved stone). (7)
Full description of the cross, which is dated to the late 7th-early 9th centuries. (8) |