Giant's Thumb, Penrith | ||
Giant's Thumb | ||
site name:- | St Andrew's Church | |
locality:- | Penrith | |
civil parish:- | Penrith (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | cross | |
coordinates:- | NY51623016 | |
1Km square:- | NY5130 | |
10Km square:- | NY53 | |
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BMC54.jpg (taken 12.5.2006) BOH13.jpg (taken 17.10.2007) |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 4) placename:- Giant's Thumb |
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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. |
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evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) placename:- Giant's Thumb |
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source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto source Page 189:- "... a stone called the Giant's Thumb, six feet high, 14 inches at the base contracted to 10, which is no more than a rude cross, such as is at Langtown in this county and elsewhere: the circle of the cross 18 inches diameter. ..." |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Giant's Thumb |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto source Page 131:- "[Penrith] ... In the churchyard is a curious relic of antiquity, called the Giant's Grave, ... Near them is another pillar named the Giant's Thumb, but it is six feet in height. ..." |
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evidence:- | old text:- Harper 1907 |
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source data:- | Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper,
published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907. HP01p134.txt Page 134:- "... A stone, really the head of an ancient cross, near by, is said to mark the place where the giant's thumb is buried." |
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evidence:- | old print:- Calverley 1899 item:- cross |
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source data:- | Photograph by James Huff. click to enlarge CV1133.jpg item:- JandMN : 190 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Monumental Stone, Penrith, Cumberland, ie the Giant's
Thumb, drawn by G Arnald, engraved by J Greig, published by W Clarke, New Bond Street,
1817. click to enlarge PR0110.jpg Included in the Antiquarian Itinerary. printed at bottom:- "Engraved by J. Greig from a Sketch by G. Arnald for the Antiquarian Itinerary. / Monumental Stone, Penrith, Cumberland. / Published for the proprietors June 1. 1817. by W. Clarke. New Bond Street." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.110 Image © see bottom of page |
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person:- | : Owen Caesarius |
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date:- | 920 |
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Norse cross in the churchyard, called the Giant's Thumb. It is believed to have been
erected in 920 as a memorial to his father, by Owen Caesarius, King of Cumbria, 920-937. |
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