Stump Of Churchyard Cross Approximately 20 Metres South Of Church Of St Gregory is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1953. Monument.
Stump Of Churchyard Cross Approximately 20 Metres South Of Church Of St Gregory
- WRENN ID
- graven-step-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1953
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 7489-7589 13/12 10.11.53
CROPTON CHURCH LANE (north side, off) Stump of churchyard cross approximately 20 metres south of Church of St Gregory (formerly listed as Stone Cross in St Gregory's Churchyard, South of the Church)
GV II
Stump of cross shaft and base. Medieval. Stone. Chamfered shaft with broach stops, approximately 0.8 metre high; set in circular base approximately 0.3 metre high. The original cross had a cup in the head of the shaft in which it was customary to leave a coin for needy travellers. This custom was the subject of a rhyme: "On Cropton Cross there is a cup And in that cup there is a sup Take that cup and drink that sup And put that cup on Cropton Cross" Harry Mead, Inside the North York Moors, 1978; p 27.
Listing NGR: SE7562789279
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