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Corpse Cross, Castle Sowerby
Corpse Cross
civil parish:-   Castle Sowerby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   cross (site) 
coordinates:-   NY37914240 (guess) 
1Km square:-   NY3742
10Km square:-   NY34
references:-   OS website

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 38 7) 
placename:-  Corpse Cross
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Corpse Cross (Site of)"

evidence:-   old print:- Calverley 1899
item:-  coffin stone (no); crossburial
source data:-   It is said that: Two crosses, called Corpse Crosses, stood on the common. When a body was being carried to the church for burial, the coffin was set down here and a prayer said for the deceased.

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