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| Sanctuary Stone, Greystoke | ||
| Sanctuary Stone | ||
| locality:- | Greystoke | |
| civil parish:- | Greystoke (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | sanctuary stone | |
| locality type:- | stone | |
| coordinates:- | NY44193079 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4430 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY43 | |
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 BQG12.jpg (taken 14.3.2009)  BQG11.jpg (taken 14.3.2009) |
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 BQG13.jpg Plaque:- "THIS SANCTUARY STONE / WHICH LAY FORMERLY IN / THE PATHWAY TEN FEET / TO THE SOUTH OF ITS / PRESENT POSITION / WAS MOVED THENCE / FOR ITS PROTECTION / IN [NOV. 1908] AND WAS / FINALLY PLACED HERE / DEC. 27 1909." (taken 14.3.2009) |
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| hearsay:- |
In a railed recess near the swimming pool, on Church Road, is the Sanctuary Stone.
This used to lie on Church Causeway, near the bridge. The blue whinstone has a hatchet
inscribed on it, pointing towards the church. Beyond the stone a fugitive could claim
the sanctuary of the church. |
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