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| High Cross, Appleby | ||
| High Cross | ||
| Street:- | Boroughgate | |
| locality:- | Appleby | |
| civil parish:- | Appleby-in-Westmorland (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | cross | |
| locality type:- | market cross | |
| locality type:- | sundial | |
| coordinates:- | NY68432014 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6820 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY62 | |
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 BJY52.jpg The pillar at the top of Boroughgate. (taken 28.10.2005)  BJY53.jpg and two of the three faces of its sundial. (taken 28.10.2005) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 15 3) placename:- High Cross placename:- Cross, High |
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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. |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- High Cross |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "HIGH CROSS / / BOROUGHGATE / APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73619 / NY6843420137" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Stone Tuscan column on square base and with square top, inscribed "Retain your loyalty Preserve your rights", erected C17, with added windvane dated 1936." |
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| hearsay:- |
A weekly cheese market was held here. And at Whitsuntide it was the place to stand
to seek work at the hiring fair. |
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| notes:- |
Cumbrian Sundials database, R Sylvester, 29.5.2008:- |
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| "Appleby / Head of Boroughgate. High Cross / On tall stone column" |
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| made 1670 |
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| British Sundial Society reference number 1137 |
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