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 St John, Crosscanonby |
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| St John, Crosscanonby: cross slabs | ||
| locality type:- | cross slab | |
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 BPH87.jpg St Lawrence cross slab. (taken 14.6.2008)  BPI05.jpg Cross slab gravestone, in the wall near the bell cote. (taken 20.6.2007)  CFI58.jpg Cross slab gravestones left of the porch. The nearer two pieces might be one stone. (taken 12.8.2016)  CFI79.jpg Cross slab gravestones west end of church. (taken 12.8.2016) |
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| evidence:- | old drawing:- item:- cross slab; gravestone |
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| source data:- | Drawing, Crosscanonby, The Lawrence Slab, St John's Church, Crosscanonby, Cumberland,
by William Gershom Collingwood, about 1899. click to enlargePR0815.jpg Sketch of a grave slab with carved decoration of a man standing beside the elongated shaft of a cross. Zigzag pattern fills the background and the slab is edged with cable moulding. 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.109. inscribed at bottom centre:- "Crosscanonby Slab" initialled at bottom right:- "W.G.C." item:- Tullie House Museum : 1902.18.9 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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5 cross slab grave covers. |
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| Ryder, Peter: 2001: Cross Slab Grave Covers of Cumbria: Cumbria CC (Carlisle, Cumbria) |
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