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| market cross, Kirkby Lonsdale | ||
| Street:- | Market Square | |
| locality:- | Kirkby Lonsdale | |
| civil parish:- | Kirkby Lonsdale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | market cross | |
| coordinates:- | SD61167862 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD6178 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD67 | |
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 BPW70.jpg Rebuilt 1905, though including bits of old stone? (taken 2.1.2009) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MARKET CROSS / / MARKET SQUARE / KIRKBY LONSDALE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75207 / SD6117278621" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "1905. Tudor Gothic. Octagonal stone canopy with low pyramidal slate roof. Eight equal arches with leaf enrichment in spandrels, four blocked with low parapets. Each pier buttressed with two setbacks and topped by an obelisk and ball. Round headed niches in each buttress. Parapet embattled. Large stone cross at apex of roof. Inside shallow stone rib vault supported on engaged colonnettes. Inscription on frieze in raised Gothic script: "This Market Cross was presented to the town by the Rev J.W.Davies D.D. Vicar of Kirkby-Lonsdale from 1889 to 1908. 1905"." |
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