Cross Base Approximately 25 Metres East Of Church Of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the North Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. Cross base.
Cross Base Approximately 25 Metres East Of Church Of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- idle-plinth-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross base
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SK 7699-7799 HAXEY CHURCH STREET (south side)
22/104 Cross base approximately 25 metres east of Church of St Nicholas
GV II
Cross base. Medieval, reset in C19-C20. Limestone ashlar; brick patching to base. Drum pedestal with square-section foot and broach stops to octagonal upper section. Stump of former cross shaft in leaded socket broken flush with top. Limestone and brick base with single worn steps to south, east and west sides. The cross base is also known locally as the "Lady Mowbray" or "Hood Stone", from its association with the traditional "Haxey Hood" game, held on January 6th, where it is used as the site of the Fool's Speech and ceremony of "Smoking the Fool". E H Rudkin, Lincolnshire Folklore, 1973, pp xiv-xvi, pp 90-97.
Listing NGR: SK7652099845
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