IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Warden, HEXHAM, NE46 4SL
Introduction
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Image Listing (90 Images Found)
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Approaching Warden in February
The earliest parts of the church of St Michael are Anglo Saxon. The lane curving to the left leads from Bridge End to Walwick, Chollerford and the Roman fort of Chesters, where Hadrian's Wall met the North Tyne.
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 17 Feb 2012
0.06 miles
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St Michael's church
St Michael's church, Warden.
Image: © Colin Kinnear
Taken: 21 Feb 2015
0.07 miles
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Protected graves, Church of St Michael, Warden
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Three graves situated close to the lytch-gate on the north side of the church and dated 1860-1899 are protected by iron hoops, a device to stop the body snatchers. This is commonly known as a mortsafe. In the case here, the iron hoops were ordered by William Thomas Shields (Priest, Rector of Thockrington) to cover his own grave, and those of his wife, Frances Jane, and 19 month old son, Bryan Donkin.
A common purpose of body snatching, especially in the 19th century, was to sell the corpses for dissection or anatomy lectures in medical schools. Those who practised body snatching were often called 'resurrectionists' or 'resurrection-men' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_snatching
Within Northumberland, a mortsafe of a similar type, although stronger-looking, can be found in the churchyard of St Mary's in Holystone Image
In addition, there are Watch Houses within graveyards at Doddington, Belford and Morpeth.
Echoes of the Resurrection Men: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/bodysnatchers/index.php
Image: © Andrew Curtis
Taken: 10 Jan 2015
0.07 miles
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(Horse) mounting steps, St. Michael's Church, Warden
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Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 22 Oct 2008
0.07 miles
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Lych Gate, Church of St Michael, Warden
Intended as a shelter for coffins on arrival at the church the Lych-Gate was erected in 1903 by Reverend Cruddas. Near the outside wall, there is a mounting block for those who used to come to church on horseback. The Lytch-Gate is in a Free Gothic style with an ornate timber superstructure on moulded stone plinth, four gables with traceried barge-boards above shouldered arches which have carved foliage in spandrels. An inscription commemorates Mary, wife of George Cruddas.
Listed Building Grade II (1370453): http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=5&uid=1370453
Image: © Andrew Curtis
Taken: 10 Jan 2015
0.07 miles
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Warden: St Michael
The oldest parts of the tower are Anglo-Saxon.
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 17 Feb 2012
0.07 miles
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St. Michael's Church, Warden - old gravestone
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 30 Sep 2010
0.07 miles
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The churchyard of St. Michael's Church, Warden (2)
The ironwork over these three graves was intended to deter grave-robbers.
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 22 Oct 2008
0.08 miles