Your bike in front of ye olde cross

[FrothNinja]

I read somewhere that they were restored around 1880.

Hopefully not too fiddled with

 

[andyoxon]

Young Ralph Cross on the high North York Moors nr Rosedale Head. North sea in far distance Saltburn - Staithes ish way.

 

[FrothNinja]

Nogworth Cross - it's official listing says; "Base of cross on verge of road. Perhaps late medieval. Sandstone. Roughly hewn and slightly tapered block c. ½ metre square, with recess or socket in top for former cross shaft. (History: perhaps associated with a former market; according to Frost (Briercliffe) 3 fields in the vicinity bore names including the word "chipping".)"

 

[bluenotebob]

MBIFO of the cross at la Suais .. these stone crosses are quite plentiful around here and they seem to mark points where old tracks crossed. I don’t know if this particular cross is very old – it doesn’t look like it but there is some (now illegible) engraving on it.

 

[FrothNinja]

Been a while since I have cycled past any wayfaring crosses, but I think this is either the socket for one or a post base from ye olde buildinge. Next to Tai Hen, north of Penymorwydd

 

[FrothNinja]

The old market cross, Church of St Mechell, Llanfechell

 

[bluenotebob]

Last Friday afternoon – up in the Forêt de Paimpont… this is la Croix Lucas which apparently commemorates a battle that took place in 875AD (or 876) for succession to the throne of Brittany.

The left-hand side of the cross has either fallen off or been eroded by the weather.

 

[FrothNinja]

Think this might be the inverted remnant of the Maiden Cross. Probably one of a series of late Medieval, early Post Medieval, crosses marking the route of the Long Causeway south of Burnley. The inscribed portion would have been underground or in a socket. It has been used as a gate post pre-inscription & post conjectured inversion. If it is the real deal then that recent inscription is quite the act of vandalism - though probably not illegal as I don't think it is listed.

 

[FrothNinja]

Stump Cross, another in the same series of crosses as the Maiden Cross

With a somewhat earlier inscription

 

[Jameshow]

Not a cross but close enough....

This chap wrote this lovely hymn

Blessed be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like that to that above.

2. Before our Father's throne
We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one
Our comforts and our cares.

3. We share each other's woes,
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.

4. When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.

5. This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way;
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.

6. From sorrow, toil and pain,
And sin, we shall be free,
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.

 

[FrothNinja]

Colne Market Cross (C15 & 1906)
It's official listing states
"COLNE MARKET STREET (south side) Market Cross
II Market cross. C15, but extensively restored 1906. Stone. 15 ft high. Octagonal plan. The column consists of 9 blocks on moulded base and brattished cap. Three steps up to pedestal which is in 2 stages. Original site at corner of Windy Bank and Market Street."