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Latitude: 53.6657 / 53°39'56"N
Longitude: -1.3251 / 1°19'30"W
OS Eastings: 444693
OS Northings: 419008
OS Grid: SE446190
Mapcode National: GBR MV51.XP
Mapcode Global: WHDCD.M475
Plus Code: 9C5WMM8F+7X
Entry Name: Plague Stone at Junction with Sandy Gate Lane
Listing Date: 11 May 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1313253
English Heritage Legacy ID: 342608
ID on this website: 101313253
Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF7
County: Wakefield
Civil Parish: Ackworth
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Ackworth St Cuthbert
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Architectural structure Wayside cross
ACKWORTH PONTEFRACT ROAD
SE41NW
(east side)
2/8 "Plague stone" at
- junction with Sandy
Gate Lane
- II
Structure known locally as "Plague Stone", but perhaps formerly a cross base.
Probably late medieval. Sandstone. Two roughtly-hewn slabs approx. 1 metre
wide, one mounted on top of the other; in the centre of the upper slab, a
square socket for a former cross shaft. ("Plaque stones" were receptacles
for sterilising coins in vineagar, normally at or close to parish
boundaries).
Listing NGR: SE4469319007
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