Gosforth Cross, view from the north westGosforth Cross outside St Mary's church in Gosforth. From the SW
The Gosforth Cross is a large stone monument in St Mary's churchyard at Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD. Formerly part of the kingdom of Northumbria, the area was settled by Scandinavians some time in either the 9th or 10th century. It has gained reputation for its combination of Christian symbols with Nordic symbols, being a tangible piece of evidence of the impact of the Christianization of Scandinavia.
The GosforthCross is a large stone monument in St Mary's churchyard at Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria, dating to the first half of the 10th...
have led to the cross as being described as "syncretic art"; a mixture of pagan and Christian beliefs. The mid-11th century GosforthCross, located in Cumbria...
be depicted on the Snaptun Stone, the Kirkby Stephen Stone, and the GosforthCross. Scholars have debated Loki's origins and role in Norse mythology, which...
her status as a goddess is mentioned twice. Sigyn may appear on the GosforthCross and has been the subject of an amount of theory and cultural references...
This can be seen in carved stone monuments and ring-headed crosses, such as the GosforthCross. During the ninth and tenth centuries, there was an increase...
is a depiction of Heimdallr with Gjallarhorn. A 9th or 10th century GosforthCross in Cumbria, England depicts a figure holding a horn and a sword standing...
bedding down. The GosforthCross, a very rare almost-complete cross in England, is an example. By the 10th century such Anglo-Norse crosses were the bulk...
image stone, the Hørdum stone, and the GosforthCross. A stone slab that may be a portion of a second cross at Gosforth also shows a fishing scene using an...
Ireland GosforthCross, Gosforth, England St Columba’s Cross, St Columb Major, Cornwall A type of ringed cross, called the croix nimbée ("cross with nimbus")...
early 9th century, it lies chronologically between the Bewcastle Cross and the Gosforthcross and has greater affinity with the earlier Anglo-Roman style of...
cross from the Isle of Man. Some scholars have theorized that this figure is a depiction of Heimdall with Gjallarhorn. A 9th or 10th century Gosforth...
Thy, Denmark, the Altuna Runestone in Altuna, Sweden and the GosforthCross in Gosforth, England. Sune Lindqvist argued in the 1930s that the image stone...
wolf-monster Fenrir, slain by Vidar, who is used as a symbol of Christ on the GosforthCross and other pieces of Anglo-Scandinavian art. In the assimilation of Christianised...
granite Celtic cross soars up from a rugged cairn above the river in Upper Carnoch. Its design is based on the elaborate GosforthCross. An annual wreath-laying...
of the crosses and hogback sculpture (to be found almost wholly in south Cumbria, away from the Strathclyde area), such as the GosforthCross and the...
highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football...
produced in intricate detail a life-sized reproduction of the famous GosforthCross, which now stands in Aspatria churchyard. William Slater Calverley (1847–1898)...
Easby Cross in the Victoria and Albert Museum, with Bewcastle and Ruthwell the best preserved Northumbrian cross Anglo-Saxon art GosforthCross Nikolaus...
of the crosses and hogback sculpture (to be found almost wholly in south Cumbria, away from the Strathclyde area), such as the GosforthCross and the...
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