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At Beverley there is a Norman cross with representations of 
the twelve Apostles, erected about 651, by the Queen in memory 
of her husband, King Oswald. The broken parts have been 
patched up by the late vicar, and it is believed to be one of the 
oldest authenticated Christian relics in the British Isles. 
Harewell Castle is often said to have been bombarded by 
Cromwell, but there is no evidence to support such a statement. 
In the Manor House of Harewood is the finest collection of 
oriental china ware ever produced. The late Earl was offered 
and refused ten thousand guineas for one single piece. 
At Westow there is a fine sample of St. Anthony’s Cross, and 
less than two miles away is the Mother Church of the Parish. 
At Otley, the centre of a wide ecclesiastic district, the Church 
has undergone many alterations, and but little of the original 
building remains to be seen. Inside is the tomb of Lord and 
Lady Fairfax. 
Ilkley Churchyard, situate on the site of a Roman Camp, 
possesses some fine crosses, due to St. Winifred, to whose 
Christian activity most of our erosses are due, and not to 
Paulinus, who did very little in the way of founding Churches, 
while St. Winifred was most active in this work. ‘The date of 
these crosses is surmised to be from 670 to 680 A.D. 
At Bingley Church there is a stone which has puzzled all 
European Archeologists. No one yet has been able to decipher 
the inscription, or to ascertain the use or purpose of the stone. 
It is essentially like a trough. Rev. Father Haig, an authority 
on such matters, maintains that it is a part of a memorial stone 
—a socket for a memorial cross. He and Professor Stevens, of 
Copenhagen, another eminent authority, both give different 
versions of the inscription, which it is impossible to make out. 
The Lecturer did not think that it was the socket of a cross, 
otherwise the outside would have been thicker ; it could hardly 
have been a font, as such only came into use in the Hleventh 
Century, and none were known of before that time; possibly it 
may have been a relic chest, which are known to have been 
in use. 
The Lecturer concluded by exhibiting a series of views of 
Bolton Woods, with the Priory and River Scenery; Grassington, 
Aisgarth, Wensley, Settle, aud Giggleswick. 
