Volume 9: Cheshire and Lancashire

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Overview
National Grid Reference of Place of Discovery
SD 598711
Present Location
Evidence for Discovery
Church Dedication
St Wilfrid
Present Condition
Description
Discussion

Appendix C item (lost stones for which no illustration has survived)

Now lost, though noted as 'loose in churchyard' by Edwards (B. 1978a, 69). It was said to have been found there 'a few years ago' (Taylor, H. 1906, 397). Taylor (ibid., 398) gave the width as 61 cm (24 in); the stone type and present condition are unknown. The remains consisted of the upper and transverse arm of a plain cross-head, with a mortise on the underside of the transom. A composite head would be highly unusual among pre-Conquest crosses. Date uncertain.

Date
References
?(—) 1898, 405; Collingwood 1904b, 41; Taylor, H. 1906, 397–8; Edwards, B. 1978a, 69
Endnotes

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