Church of St. Oswald at Heavenfield, England
This evening, I am posting information on the historic church of St. Oswald which is located near Chollerford,about 25 miles west of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in northern England. This is a historic church on an equally historic site, namely site of the Battle of Heavenfield which took place in AD 634. At the battle, the Christian King Oswald defeated a pagan army from whereon Oswald was held in high esteem in the early Christian Church as manifested in many eponymous churches and a St. Oswald’s Day which is celebrated on August 5th. The current church is probably the third such building on the site. There is evidence and/or records of a Saxon church, replaced by a medieval building in turn replaced by the current church in 1817. Features of the current church include: Interior with simple chancel and lime-washed stone. Close to the font is a Roman altar used as a cross-base. (This stonework was likely re-cycled from a site on nearby Hadrian’s ...