Listed Building record MDO26818 - Village Cross, Maiden Newton

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The remains of a medieval market cross of 15th-century date. Of stone (Lias), the cross consists of a square base and the lower part of a roughly square stem, standing about 5ft high. The shaft has beaded angles and on the west face are the weathered remains of figures standing on a corbelled projection.

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The village or market cross once had a calvary of several tiers of steps, which was removed about the year 1780 as being an obstruction. The socket and shaft were re-erected in the same position. <2> Description in T.21 correct except that the shaft is 1.3m high and is set in a socket stone 1.0m square which is sunk into the road at almost ground level. Graphical material omitted. <4>

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  • --- Monograph: Dorset County Council. 1978. Countryside Treasures in Dorset: West Dorset District. 1. 88.
  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25 inch scale map. 25 inch. 1903.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Pope, A. 1906. Old Stone Crosses of Dorset. 62.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 152.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 10-JAN-55.
  • <5> Monograph: Newman, J, and Pevsner, N. 1972. The Buildings of England: Dorset. 265.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Kelland, S and Kelland, L. 1994. Maiden Newton, Dorset. Report on the Conservation of the Market Cross.
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 450653.

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Location

Grid reference SY 59717 97709 (point)
Map sheet SY59NE
Civil Parish Maiden Newton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 069 003
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 59 NE 16
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 450653
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Maiden Newton 3

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Jul 4 2024 10:02AM

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