Croxdale medieval chapel and churchyard cross base

  • Description

    "....The monument includes a medieval chapel and the socket stone of a churchyard cross, situated 50m north east of Croxdale Hall. Croxdale chapel, now known as Old Croxdale chapel, was dedicated to St Bartholomew. It was formerly a dependent chapel of St Oswald's Church, Durham. The earliest fabric of the chapel has been dated to the late 11th century or early 12th century. The church was sold to the Salvin family in 1845-6 in exchange for land to build a new church at Sunderland Bridge. Since this time the churchyard has been used as a family burial ground..."
  • Owner

    Historic England
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  • Further information

    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1019820
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 7 years, 3 months ago
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