Listed Building: THE BROAD STONE (1.18.144)

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Grade II
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EH LBS Legacy ID 240949
Date assigned 05 November 1976
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Plinth supports attached stone bowl. Inscriptions:- 'The Broad Stone of the Borough of East Retford' and 'Restored to the Borough of East Retford by J A Gylby Esq AD 1877'. Tradition has it that during the plague of 1665 the Broad Stone was used as a boundary marker and people put money in it for food left nearby, to avoid infection. Town Hall, 4 lamp standards and the Broad Stone form a group. (NCC/js)

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Grid reference Centred SK 70492 81138 (1m by 1m)
Map sheet SK78SW
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish East Retford, Bassetlaw

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Apr 29 2015 11:39AM

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