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| cross, Pooley Bridge | ||
| Pooley Millenium Fish Cross | ||
| locality:- | Pooley Bridge | |
| civil parish:- | Barton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | cross | |
| locality type:- | fish | |
| locality type:- | fish market | |
| locality type:- | weathervane | |
| coordinates:- | NY47072445 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4724 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY42 | |
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 BYC03.jpg (taken 10.4.2013)  BYC05.jpg Weathervane. (taken 10.4.2013) |
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| This cross commemorates the millenium, 2000, and commemorates the charter from king
John, for a fish market, 12th century. There was a cross here, repaired by the Earl
of Sussex, 1697, which was removed to make space for turning coaches, 1860. |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 39:- "..." "[Pooley Bridge] ... the cross is now in ruin, though it was, in A.D. 1679, repaired by the Earl of Sussex. ..." |
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 BYC04.jpg Coat of arms, Hassell Family. (taken 10.4.2013) |
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