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| Dovenby Cross, Dovenby | ||
| Dovenby Cross | ||
| locality:- | Dovenby | |
| civil parish:- | Bridekirk (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | cross | |
| coordinates:- | NY09583331 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0933 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY03 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 15) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Cross (Remains of)" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CROSS BASE IN FIELD NORTH EAST OF DOVENBY HALL / / / BRIDEKIRK / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72580 / NY0957033318" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Cross base. Medieval. Red sandstone. Rectangular socket stone with remains of a square tapered shaft. Brought to this site from a local church by the Dykes family." |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Calverley 1899 placename:- Old Cross placename:- Old Thorn Cross placename:- Thorn Cross item:- Old Cross; Old Thorn Cross; market; plague |
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| source data:- | The Old Cross used to stand on the common before enclosure, 1859. It was moved for
safety to a railed in area in the park at Doveby Hall. There is a tradition that markets were held by the cross in the time of the Plague. Dovenby manor book mentions the Old Thorn Cross on the moor, 1690. [no illustration] |
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