Listed Building: ANGLO SAXON CROSS 50M EAST OF CHURCH OF ST HELEN (5.3.18)

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Grade I
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EH LBS Legacy ID 429336
Date assigned 14 April 1987
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Anglo Saxon cross. Cll. Ashlar with dressed stone base. Tapered square base with spiked iron railing, c.1820. Tapered square shaft with interlace decoration and carving of angel and serpent. Lead cap. Approx. 3M high. This cross was restored and re-sited in 1760, restored in 1820, and again re-sited in 1928. Said to be 'by far the most important pre-Conquest monuments in Notts'. (Pevsner). Also a Scheduled Ancient Monument, County No.6. Refs: Pevsner, p.336. Graham, S. A Guide to the Church of St. Helen, Stapleford. (NCC/js)

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Grid reference Centred SK 48903 37350 (2m by 1m)
Map sheet SK43NE
District Broxtowe
Civil Parish Beeston and Stapleford, Broxtowe

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