Title

Memorial cross, Haydon, Northumberland, c1955-c1980

Caption

Memorial cross, Haydon, Northumberland, c1955-c1980. A detailed view of a celtic-style memorial cross which stands 300 metres east of Light Birks Farmhouse on the A686 road. The cross is 19th century and was erected by Cadwallader Bates, who restored Langley Castle in the 1890s. It consists of a celtic-style round cross on a shaft with the arms of Derwentwater. It commemorates James and Charles, Earls of Derwentwater, who were executed for treason for their parts in the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite Risings. There is an inscription on the square base, which reads: "IN MEMORY OF JAMES AND CHARLES VISCOUNTS LANGLEY EARLS OF DERWENTWATER BEHEADED ON TOWER HILL 24 FEB 1716 AND 8 DEC 1746 FOR LOYALTY TO THEIR LAWFUL SOVEREIGN".

Date

1955

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/English Heritage

Reference

HRM19F09_345

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

70,4Mb (4,9Mb) / 13,8in x 19,9in / 4129 x 5959 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph nature tree England architecture plant plants country memorial British English Northumberland dead cross death crosses location century architectural Britain rebellion concept B&W MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W Monument nineteenth century trees English Heritage 1715 executed Jacobite Rebellion 1745-1746 TGN treason Jacobites photograph James Derwentwater Radcliffe James Radcliffe James Radclyffe Radclyffe Jacobite Rebellion Ursula Clark Clark Ursula 3rd Earl of Derwentwater Earl of Derwentwater Third Earl of Derwentwater Lord Derw Haydon