The Corpus: Well 01 (almshouses)

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Well 01 (almshouses), Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Fragment

Measurements: H. 18 cm (7.1 in) W. 33 cm (13 in) D. Built in

Stone type: Cellular algae dolomitic limestone; light grey (10YR 7/2). Of very local origin: much of the village is built of the same stone from local quarries. Lower Magnesian Limestone, Upper Permian

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 840–1

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 220

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Present Location

Built into the front wall of no. 1, St Michael's Cottages; 1 m up, close to the right-hand jamb of the doorway

Evidence for Discovery

None, but noted by E. Bogg in 1908 prior to Collingwood. The almshouses, which lie south-west of St Michael's church, were rebuilt in 1758 (Pevsner 1966, 381).

Church Dedication

Present Condition

Now almost weathered away

Description

In oblique light, faint traces of interlace strand are visible. See the drawing in Collingwood 1911 (Ill. 841).

Discussion

The tight plait of Collingwood's drawing suggests the Anglo-Scandinavian period. He thought it the narrow side of a shaft.

Date

Late ninth to mid tenth century

References

Bogg 1908, 508; Collingwood 1911, 302, fig. on 301; Collingwood 1912, 128; Horsfall 1912, 121; Morris, J. 1931, 418

Endnotes

None