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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)  
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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)  

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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