Listed Building record MDO14620 - Churchyard cross, Leigh

The base of a churchyard cross, probably built in the late 14th or early 15th century. The cross consists of an octagonal stone base into which is set the bottom part of a stone shaft, all sitting on a square foundation. It measures 33 inches square and 16 inches deep.

South-east of the church is the 14th/15th century octagonal to square base of a churchyard cross. It is 33 inches square by 16 inches deep, set with the remains of a square shaft broken off almost at the base. <2> <3>

The socket stone is square at the base but the chamfered top corners give the upper part an octagonal section. Photograph. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

(ST 61810864) Cross (NR) (remains of) (NAT)

<2> Pope, A, 1906, Old Stone Crosses of Dorset, 60 (Bibliographic reference). SWX1408.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 131 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(1) . . . Churchyard Cross: S.E. of church - octagonal to square base with moulded angles, 14th or 15th-century. '

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, 07-SEP-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Phillips, A S, Various, Field Investigators Comments ASP, F1 ASP 27-OCT-77 (Unpublished document). SWX3817.

No change since report of 7/9/55; 1:2500 survey correct.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 198804 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 23 2021 10:15AM