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Fig. 1: some stone crosses in Cornwall Fig. 2: some more stone crosses The hundreds of Cornwall. Wayside crosses and Celtic inscribed stones are found in Cornwall in large numbers; the inscribed stones (about 40 in number) are thought to be earlier in date than the crosses and are a product of Celtic Christian society. It is likely that the ...
[10] [11] The last church services conducted in Cornish were in Ludgvan in the late 17th century (this claim is also made for Towednack). There are four Cornish crosses in the parish; one is at Crowlas, another at Whitecross (this has a cross on one side of the head and a crude crucifixus figure on the other) and two are in the churchyard. [12]
The early incised cross on a stone in the porch and the altar slab suggest that the subordination to Lelant only began after the Norman Conquest. [9] The stone in the porch forms a bench; the cross shaft has crosses at both ends. [10] Over the porch is a typical sundial of a wide class of Cornish church dials from 1720.
There, each cross held a small pool of water into which money was placed and from which it could be removed in trading. [5] In Derby in 1665, a headless cross or "vinegar stone" was erected, in which the water was replaced by vinegar as a disinfectant. [6] The "vinegar stone" at Wentworth in Yorkshire is supposed to have a similar origin. [7]
People who were born or raised in the parish of Ludgvan, Cornwall. Pages in category "People from Ludgvan, Cornwall" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Muiredach's High Cross, Monasterboice, 9th or 10th century A simpler example, Culdaff, County Donegal, Ireland. A high cross or standing cross (Irish: cros ard / ardchros, [1] Scottish Gaelic: crois àrd / àrd-chrois, Welsh: croes uchel / croes eglwysig) is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated.
In 1886, he published his major single volume work, The Old Stone Crosses of the Vale of Clwyd. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] In the preface, Owen explained the background to his works: Wales teems with folklore of great variety and interest, and in the grave of the aged, as one after the other leave us, is buried for ever some tale of by-gone days, which we ...
The Eleanor crosses were a series of twelve tall and lavishly decorated stone monuments topped with crosses erected in a line down part of the east of England. King Edward I had them built between 1291 and about 1295 in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castile. The King and Queen had been married for 36 years and she stayed by the King's side ...