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cross, Bampton
Bampton Cross
locality:-   Bampton Grange
civil parish:-   Bampton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   cross
locality type:-   boundary stone
coordinates:-   NY52311823
1Km square:-   NY5218
10Km square:-   NY51

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BQF21.jpg (taken 6.3.2009)  
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BQF20.jpg (taken 6.3.2009)  
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CROSS IN BAMPTON GRANGE CEMETERY / / BAMPTON GRANGE / BAMPTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74475 / NY5232318226"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Boundary Cross in C20 cemetery. C14. Pink-grey sandstone. Six foot cross with square chamfered edged column surmounted by weathered florial cross head, all on C20 sandstone base. Bronze plaque fixed to base is inscribed THIS CROSS FORMERLY STOOD ON KNIPE MOOR AND IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A BOUNDARY MARK FOR THE MANOR BELONGING TO SHAP ABBEY. IT WAS REMOVED TO THE OLD SCHOOL FOR A GATE POST WHERE IT SUFFERED MUTILATION. FINALLY IT WAS RE-ERECTED HERE WHEN THIS BURIAL GROUND WAS CONSECRATED SEPTEMBER 13, 1907. See RCHM Westmorland, 1936, p28."

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BQF22.jpg  Plaque:-
"THIS CROSS FORMERLY STOOD ON KNIPE MOOR / AND IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A BOUNDARY MARK / FOR THE MANOR BELONGING TO SHAP ABBEY. / IT WAS REMOVED TO THE OLD SCHOOL FOR A / GATE POST, WHERE IT SUFFERED MUTILATION / FINALLY IT WAS RE-ERECTED HERE WHEN THIS BURIAL / GROUND WAS CONSECRATED SEPTEMBER 13, 1907." (taken 6.3.2009)  
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