Boundary stone is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Boundary stone. 1 related planning application.
Boundary stone
- WRENN ID
- winter-truss-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Boundary stone
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 79 NE 7/80
ALTRINCHAM THE DOWNS Boundary stone
II Boundary stone. Circa 1840. Inscribed stone indicating the ancient boundary of the Anglo-Saxon Borough of Altrincham. A large carved stone set flush in a coursed rubble street boundary wall, the base of the stone now below pavement level. A simple moulding to sides and top and to two slightly pointed arched panels on the lower half of the stone. In the spandrel in the centre an emblem (arrowhead?) in relief below TOWNSHIPS incised in a curve. In the left hand arched panel ALTRINCHAM and in the right hand panel DUNHAM MASSEY incised.
The Altrincham Court Leet, chartered in 1290, use the boundary stone as the start of the annual procession to beat the boundaries of the borough.
Listing NGR: SJ7637987408
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