Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| cross, Bootle | ||
| Street:- | Main Street | |
| locality:- | Bootle | |
| civil parish:- | Bootle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | cross | |
| locality type:- | market cross (site) | |
| coordinates:- | SD10718836 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1088 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD18 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BVS27.jpg (taken 24.11.2011)  BVS28.jpg Plaque:- "THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED ON THE / SITE OF THE ANTIENT MARKET CROSS / IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SIXTEITH / YEAR OF THE REIGN OF / VICTORIA R.I. / A.D. MDCCCXCVII / CHARTER GRANTED TO BOOTLE BY EDWARD III. A.D. 1348 / RENEWED BY ELIZABETH A.D. 1567" (taken 24.11.2011) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "VILLAGE CROSS / / MAIN STREET / BOOTLE / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76309 / SD1071388354" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Village Cross on site of market cross. 1897. By Paley and Austin. Ashlar. 3 square steps, the lowest dressed stone. Rectangular base with battered sides and metal plaque to west side which records the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria and 1348 and 1567 market charters. Plain flat cross shaft has Celtic round head." |
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