Plague Cross is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1984. A C17 Cross.

Plague Cross

WRENN ID: bitter-baluster-hawthorn
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: North Yorkshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 26 June 1984
Type: Cross
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SE 46 SE 7/5

ALNE Plague Cross

Cross base, with later milestone inscription, and adjoining stone trough for disinfected water. Stone. Octagonal shaft on low chamfered plinth. Traditionally connected with the plague of 1604 when it is said to have been a place of barter outside the village where food would be left and money deposited in the trough.

Pevsner, N., Yorkshire, North Riding, 1966, p 60 VCH Yorkshire, North Riding, 1923, p 85

Listing NGR: SE4941564867

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