Village Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Monument.

Village Cross

WRENN ID: waning-baluster-sparrow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Westmorland and Furness
Country: England
Date first listed: 24 October 1986
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

NY 43 SW GREYSTOKE GREYSTOKE

12/102 Village Cross

Village cross. Probably C17 on C19 plinth. Red sandstone. Octagonal plinth of 5 steps, the 2 top ones original, surmounted by square base and tapered chamfered shaft with floriated cross head. The burial register records "1623, Nov 8, Buried Jo Nicholson the yonge childe of a poore beggar of the pishe of Broughton, which childe died at the Towne Crosse in Graistoke" which shows that the cross is older than this date.

Listing NGR: NY4401230870

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