Percy's Cross, Beanley

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Percy's Cross (between Powburn & Wooperton)


Hedgeley Civil Parish

  • Description

    "Percy's Cross, with enclosing wall and railings II* Wayside cross, later C15; C19 wall and railings. Sandstone, cast iron. Square socket stone carrying shaft with chamfered angles; each face bears relief carvings of crescents, fusils and lucies (pikes), with fetterlocks on the angle chamfers. Head missing; overall height c.3 metres. Enclosing dwarf wall with chamfered coping, carrying rails with barbed tops; similar gate on north. The carved motifs are all Percy emblems; the cross commemorates Sir Ralph Percy, who fell leading the Lancastrian army at the battle of Hedgeley Moor, 23rd April 1464." Photo by David Clark, 2013.

  • Owner

    David Clark

  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)

  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License

  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3554843
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 4 years, 6 months ago
    Viewed: 609 times
    Picture Taken: 2013-07-14

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