Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO ST. ACCA'S CROSS HEXHAM ABBEY 'THE MODERN INSCRIPTION ON THE PLINTH OF THE TALL INTRICATELY CARVED CROSS (IN THE SOUTH TRANSEPT) SAYS THE CROSS WHICH STOOD AT THE HEAD OF THE GRAVE OF ACCA BISHOP OF HEXHAM AD 709-732 WHO DIED AD 740. THE CROSS IS WORN AND WEATHERED ITS INSCRIPTION IS NO LONGER READABLE AND IT LACKS NEARLY A METRE OF THE SHAFT AND THREE PARTS OF THE CROSS-HEAD. BUT WHAT REMAINS IS A SIGNIFICANT REMNANT FROM THE 8TH CENTURY. TO THE RIGHT OF ACCA'S CROSS IS A SECTION OF ANOTHER CROSS KNOWN AS THE SPITAL CROSS BECAUSE IT ONCE STOOD NEAR THE SITE OF THE MEDIAEVAL HOSPITAL OF ST GILES.' [SOURCE: (ADAPTED FROM) HEXHAM ABBEY LEAFLET NO.8] 2007 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) MIKE QUINN PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO MQV-2541 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Mike Quinn obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Topographical
Sub-Theme: England
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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