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| Corpse Cross, Castle Sowerby | ||
| Corpse Cross | ||
| civil parish:- | Castle Sowerby (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | cross (site) | |
| coordinates:- | NY37914240 (guess) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3742 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY34 | |
| references:- | OS website |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 38 7) placename:- Corpse Cross |
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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. "Corpse Cross (Site of)" |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Calverley 1899 item:- coffin stone (no); cross; burial |
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| source data:- | It is said that: Two crosses, called Corpse Crosses, stood on the common. When a body
was being carried to the church for burial, the coffin was set down here and a prayer
said for the deceased. |
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