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298


Newcastle


Barras Bridge, Chapel of St James, cross


Newcastle


NZ26NW


Religious Ritual and Funerary


Cross


Cross


MEDIEVAL


Medieval 1066 to 1540


Documentary Evidence


At the north end of the Barras Bridge before the Chapel stood a stone cross, presumably medieval in origin. It was taken down by John Pigg at the Time of the Rebellion and broken as a symbol of the prophane.


424900


565100


NZ424900565100



<< HER 298 >> H. Bourne, 1736, History of Newcastle, pp. 15, 152 J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, Vol. I, p. 431 R.J. Charleton, (date unknown), History of Newcastle, p. 367

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