The Bede Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. Memorial.

The Bede Memorial

WRENN ID: knotted-dormer-furze
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Sunderland
Country: England
Date first listed: 8 May 1950
Type: Memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

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' andCC 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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