Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| plague stone, Newby | ||
| site name:- | Cross House | |
| locality:- | Newby | |
| civil parish:- | Newby (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | plague stone | |
| coordinates:- | NY59262131 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5921 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY52 | |
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 CGE32.jpg (taken 15.6.2017) |
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| Set into the garden wall of Cross House. Payment for goods was placed here (when the
stone was not tipped up sideways), in vinegar, by plague victims in the 16th and 17th
centuries. |
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