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Latitude: 50.909 / 50°54'32"N
Longitude: -4.5538 / 4°33'13"W
OS Eastings: 220550
OS Northings: 115273
OS Grid: SS205152
Mapcode National: GBR K2.R06T
Mapcode Global: FRA 16BP.ZMR
Plus Code: 9C2QWC5W+HF
Entry Name: Cross About 1 Metre West of Lych Gate of Church of St Morwenna
Listing Date: 29 September 1961
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1231460
English Heritage Legacy ID: 64913
ID on this website: 101231460
Location: St Morwenna and St John the Baptist's Church, Morwenstow, Cornwall, EX23
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Morwenstow
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Morwenstow
Church of England Diocese: Truro
SS 21 NW MORWENSTOW MORWENSTOW
1/106 Cross about 1 metre west of
29.9.61 lych gate of Church of St
Morwenna
GV II
Cross. Celtic. Granite. About 50 centimetres of cross shaft and alisee patee
cross carved with circles in relief on each arm and in centre. The truncated shaft
stands on 3 granite steps. The reverend R S Hawker (q.v. church'and vicarage) is
said to have brought the cross to Morwenstow in 1851 from the moor, where it may
have been a pilgrim cross, to commemorate his first wife, Charlotte (q.v. church).
The shaft is carved with the initials C E H. The cross is illustrated in the
Hawker memorial window in the church.
Listing NGR: SS2055015273
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