VILLAGE CROSS - Greystoke - List Entry
-
Description
"Village cross. Probably C17 on C19 plinth. Red sandstone. Octagonal plinth of 5 steps, the 2 top ones original, surmounted by square base and tapered chamfered shaft with floriated cross head. The burial register records "1623, Nov 8, Buried Jo Nicholson the yonge childe of a poore beggar of the pishe of Broughton, which childe died at the Towne Crosse in Graistoke" which shows that the cross is older than this date...." -
Owner
Historic England -
Source
Local (Co-Curate) -
License
What does this mean? Unknown license check permission to reuse -
Further information
Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1326705
Resource type: Text/Website
Added by: Edmund Anon
Last modified: 3 years, 10 months ago
Viewed: 295 times
Picture Taken: Unknown -
Co-Curate tags