Leam Lane, Jingling Gate, cross

HER Number:
718

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Leam Lane, 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:

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:
30

Northing:
60

Grid Reference:
NZ3060

Lats/Lons:

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