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298


Newcastle


Newcastle, Barras Bridge, Chapel of St James, cross


Newcastle


NZ26NW


Religious Ritual and Funerary



Cross


Medieval



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.


249


651


NZ249651



<< 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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