The Cantlin Stone And Botfield Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. Memorial.
The Cantlin Stone And Botfield Cross
- WRENN ID
- errant-vault-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1951
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BETTWS-Y-CRWYN C.P. SO 28 NW 2/1
The Cantlin Stone and Botfield Cross
1.12.51
II
Memorial stone and cross. Stone erected 1691 and cross erected 1858. Irregular limestone boulder inscribed "WC/DECSED HERE BURIED/1691 AT BETWS". Limestone Celtic cross with carved roundels and trails and chamfered stepped square base (cross displaced and fractured at time of resurvey [November 1984]).
The stone traditionally marks the spot where William Catlin, a pedlar visiting local farms, collapsed and died in 1691; he is said to be buried in St Mary's Churchyard (q.v.). The cross was erected in 1858 by Beriah Botfield, a botanist and bibliographer, and M.P. for Ludlow.
A wooden fence (not included) now surrounds both stone and cross.
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 26 October 2016.
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