Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| market cross, Alston | ||
| Street:- | Market Place | |
| locality:- | Alston | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | market cross | |
| coordinates:- | NY71884649 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7146 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
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 CCL67.jpg (taken 20.2.2015)  BXK95.jpg (taken 28.9.2012) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 9) |
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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. "Cross" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Market Cross |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MARKET CROSS / / MARKET PLACE / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73131 / NY7188646498" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Market Cross. First erected 1764, rebuilt 1883; knocked down and re-erected in 1970 and again in 1981. Panel with original inscription now in Parish Church: "This Market Cross was erected by The Right Honourable SR WILLIAM STEPHENSON Kn born at Cross Lands in this Parish and elected LORD MAYOR OF LONDON 1764." Square plan. Block plinths, with stop chamfers and moulded bases, carry 8 (3 per side) monolithic columns with bell caps supporting pyramidal, graduated stone flag roof which has C20 lantern at apex. 3 steps up to original cross-site where replacement stone shaft carries central crown post. Inscriptions on shaft detail history of structure." |
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 CCL68.jpg Selling eggs on a very cold day. (taken 20.2.2015)  BUJ19.jpg (taken 23.4.2011) |
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