St. Giles Church, Birtley - Saxon burial stone

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Church of St Giles


Birtley

  • Description

    "See [[3924418]]. This stone is built into the north wall of the chancel. It bears an Iona cross, is dated AD700, and carries the inscription O R P E - probably standing for Orate Pro Edmundo: pray for Edmund. {Source: A Brief History of St. Giles’ Church, Birtley - church information leaflet.}" Photo by Mike Quinn, 2014.

  • Owner

    Mike Quinn

  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)

  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License

  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3926663
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 1 year, 5 months ago
    Viewed: 134 times
    Picture Taken: 2014-03-13

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