Jingling Gate, cross

HER Number

718

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Jingling Gate, cross

Place

Leam Lane

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Cross

Site Type: Specific

Boundary Cross

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In addition to HER no. 717, Hodgson, the early nineteenth century antiquarian, noted "another pediment of a cross" in the centre of Leam Lane between White Mare (sic) Pool and Jingling Gate. The latter was at the junction of Lingey Lane and Leam Lane (NZ 2998 6066). As Leam Lane, the Wrekendyke, was an important and early parish and township boundary, this and HER no. 717 were obviously boundary crosses.

Easting

430000

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ430000560000

Sources

<< HER 718 >> J. Hodgson, 1832, Observations on the Roman Road called Wrekendyke, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, II, p. 130