Latitude: 54.9269 / 54°55'36"N
Longitude: -1.3669 / 1°22'0"W
OS Eastings: 440672
OS Northings: 559318
OS Grid: NZ406593
Mapcode National: GBR VFX.NM
Mapcode Global: WHD55.ZF89
Plus Code: 9C6WWJGM+Q7
Entry Name: The Bede Memorial
Listing Date: 8 May 1950
Last Amended: 17 October 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1279882
English Heritage Legacy ID: 391654
ID on this website: 101279882
Location: Roker Cliff Park, Roker, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR6
County: Sunderland
Electoral Ward/Division: St Peter's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Sunderland
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear
Church of England Parish: Monkwearmouth Team Ministry
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Memorial
SUNDERLAND
NZ45NW WHITBURN ROAD 920-1/5/246 (East side) 08/05/50 The Bede Memorial (Formerly Listed as: WHITBURN BENTS ROAD (East side) The Bede Memorial)
GV II
Formerly known as: Bede Memorial Cross, Cliff Park WHITBURN ROAD. Memorial cross. 1904. Signed `GW Millburn York Sculpt' and `CC Hodges, Hexham, inv. et direx.' Granite. Saxon style. Tall tapered shaft. Dedication to Bede and Eadfrith, and extracts from Bede's writing, on W. Interlace pattern and low-relief carved scenes from Bede's life on E. Vine pattern and northern saints, with runic inscription, on N. Inhabited vine and inscription in uncials on S. Hodges was the excavator of Hexham Abbey. A later inscription records that the cross was removed in 1914 and restored to this site in 1921.
Listing NGR: NZ4067259318
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