cross, Bampton | ||
Bampton Cross | ||
locality:- | Bampton Grange | |
civil parish:- | Bampton (formerly Westmorland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | cross | |
locality type:- | boundary stone | |
coordinates:- | NY52311823 | |
1Km square:- | NY5218 | |
10Km square:- | NY51 | |
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BQF21.jpg (taken 6.3.2009) BQF20.jpg (taken 6.3.2009) |
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evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CROSS IN BAMPTON GRANGE CEMETERY / / BAMPTON GRANGE / BAMPTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74475 / NY5232318226" |
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source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Boundary Cross in C20 cemetery. C14. Pink-grey sandstone. Six foot cross with square chamfered edged column surmounted by weathered florial cross head, all on C20 sandstone base. Bronze plaque fixed to base is inscribed THIS CROSS FORMERLY STOOD ON KNIPE MOOR AND IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A BOUNDARY MARK FOR THE MANOR BELONGING TO SHAP ABBEY. IT WAS REMOVED TO THE OLD SCHOOL FOR A GATE POST WHERE IT SUFFERED MUTILATION. FINALLY IT WAS RE-ERECTED HERE WHEN THIS BURIAL GROUND WAS CONSECRATED SEPTEMBER 13, 1907. See RCHM Westmorland, 1936, p28." |
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BQF22.jpg Plaque:- "THIS CROSS FORMERLY STOOD ON KNIPE MOOR / AND IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A BOUNDARY MARK / FOR THE MANOR BELONGING TO SHAP ABBEY. / IT WAS REMOVED TO THE OLD SCHOOL FOR A / GATE POST, WHERE IT SUFFERED MUTILATION / FINALLY IT WAS RE-ERECTED HERE WHEN THIS BURIAL / GROUND WAS CONSECRATED SEPTEMBER 13, 1907." (taken 6.3.2009) |
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