Old Cross In The Churchyard At John The Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1993. A Medieval Cross.
Old Cross In The Churchyard At John The Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- grey-basalt-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1993
- Type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NITON AND WHITWELL
SZ5076 CHURCH STREET, Niton 1353-0/8/252 Old Cross in the Churchyard at John the Baptist Church
GV II
Remains of mediaeval churchyard cross. C15. 4 stone steps with stone Celtic cross of 1865 added above. Contracts were signed and declarations were made on the cross steps. In the Registers of 1718 the Rector is recorded as making "a declaration at the cross before the Church where the cows are milked". A fish market is said to have been held there at a time when the land was the village green not a burial ground.
Listing NGR: SZ5052676741
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