Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12240 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of cross (Barford, poorly located) |
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Summary
The site of a roadside cross in Barford "by the Hingham road". Nothing is now visible.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | BARFORD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
A wayside cross formerly stood in Barford "by the Hingham road", see (S1).
It is not mentioned in (S2) or (S3).
An old notice in the church connects this with the will of Bachecroft 1501 to erect a cross on Barford Bridge, but without giving evidence that this was ever carried out.
E. Rose (NLA) 6 August 1990.
Monument Types
- CROSS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Publication: Clarke, W. G. 1925. In Breckland Wilds. First Edition. p 118. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Archive: Bolingbroke Collection. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy B. 1934. Norfolk Crosses. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXV Pt II pp 297-336. |
Related records - none
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