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Cross in Churchyard About 25 Metres South of Church of All Saints

A Grade II Listed Building in Alford, Somerset

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Latitude: 51.0911 / 51°5'28"N

Longitude: -2.5661 / 2°33'57"W

OS Eastings: 360452

OS Northings: 132575

OS Grid: ST604325

Mapcode National: GBR MR.CKPQ

Mapcode Global: FRA 56J7.D47

Plus Code: 9C3V3CRM+CH

Entry Name: Cross in Churchyard About 25 Metres South of Church of All Saints

Listing Date: 24 March 1961

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1366368

English Heritage Legacy ID: 261936

ID on this website: 101366368

Location: All Saints' Church, Alford, Somerset, BA7

County: Somerset

District: South Somerset

Civil Parish: Alford

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

Tagged with: Monumental cross

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ALFORD CP

Cross in churchyard about 25 metres south of Church of All Saints

24.3.61

GV II

Churchyard cross. Late C13. Ham stone. Octagonal base of 4 mou1ded steps, lowest 1.5 metres long each face; near-cuboid
socket with quasi-broached top corners, diversions approximately 700 mm each way, with tapered shaft with moulded edges
almost 3 metres high, surmounted by a late C19 cross - the original finial said to have blown down in 1869. (Pooley,
Old Crosses of Somerset, 1877).


Listing NGR: ST6045232575

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