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| cross, Nunnery | ||
| Nunnery Cross | ||
| site name:- | Cross House | |
| civil parish:- | Ainstable (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | stone | |
| locality type:- | cross | |
| coordinates:- | NY53514327 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5343 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY54 | |
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 BNI75.jpg The inscribed stone is pretty illegible; there is a cross in the middle. (taken 9.3.2007)  BNI74.jpg Completely rebuilt pillar. (taken 9.3.2007) |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) |
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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 sourcePage 128:- "... The site of the Nunnery is now marked by a pillar of masonry, standing on the hill above the present house. ..." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CROSS SOUTH OF CROSS HOUSE / / / AINSTABLE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73444 / NY5350643274" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Sanctuary cross for the nearby Nunnery. Early C18 recutting of an earlier inscribed cross set on C19 plinth. Red sandstone panel on rubble plinth, with carved cross and inscription Sanctuarium (in older lettering) and 1088 in early C18 lettering. See Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &Archaeological Society, xvii, p.3." |
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| notes:- |
Tradition has it that this is a sanctuary stone. Nuns are said to haunt the place
still. |
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