Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Cross Lacon, Frizington
	removed
	Cross Lacon
	Rheda Cross
locality:-	Rheda
civil parish:-	Arlecdon and Frizington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	cross
coordinates:-	NY02651655
1Km square:-	NY0216
10Km square:-	NY01
SummaryText:-	The original? site of the cross.
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 8)
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" marked by a spot at the road side by the quarry.
evidence:-	old print:- Calverley 1899 item:-  cross; Cross Lacon
source data:-	In the garden wall of Rheda Lodge:-   click to enlarge CV1135.jpg Sketch by W G Collingwood.  item:-  JandMN : 190 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old drawing:-  item:-  cross
source data:-	Drawing, Cross Lacon, Rheda, at Rheda Lodge, Arlecdon and Frizington, Cumberland, by William Gershom Collingwood, 1899.   click to enlarge PR0808.jpg Sketch of a wheel head cross with its upper arm missing; a Maltese cross carved in relief is set in the centre.  Drawn to illustrate Notes on the Early Sculptured Crosses, Shrines and Monuments in the Present Diocese of Carlisle, by Rev William Slater Calverley, published by T Wilson, Kendal 1899; opposite p.256.  inscribed & initialled &dated at bottom right:-  "Cross Lacon, Rheda W.G.C. June 2 1899" item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1902.18.5 Image © Tullie House Museum
hearsay:-	Perhaps 13th century. It is said to have marked a resting place for a corpse being taken to St Bees for interment; though ths is doubtful.
	The cross is said to have been removed from the roadside 1911.
	At one time it was described as being on the garden wall of Rheda Lodge, carefully supported and fenced; the lodge is not shown on the early County Series map.
present site:-	Rheda Cross, Frizington

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