Churchyard Cross In Churchyard, 3 Metres South Of Chancel, Church Of All Saints

The churchyard cross, dated 1863, is located 3 metres south of the chancel of the Church of All Saints. It was created by J Seymour of Taunton and is made of conglomerate sandstone and red sandstone. The cross features a two-stage square calvary of red sandstone, with a square plinth that has broaches and four figures representing the Evangelists. The shaft is octagonal and tapers upwards, topped by a Celtic cross with an ornamented abacus. The west front is inscribed to William Francis Chilcott, who died in 1863, and his wife Alison. The inscription on the east front is illegible, but the name of the mason, J Seymour of Taunton, is noted in the northwest corner. William F Chilcott served as the vicar of the Church of All Saints from 1843 to 1863. This cross is a notable example of a mid-Victorian churchyard cross and is mentioned appreciatively in Pooley's "Old Crosses of Somerset" from 1877, which also notes the remains of the 14th-century cross that it replaced.